As We Must

the land of dreams is lost in streams

flowing amongst a forest of trees

a perfect place to hide and retire

amongst nature’s creatures fine and divine

and here we have our tales of joy

finding the fine-feathered friends above

and watching their ground-covered homes

of burrows and dens and roots restored

but this is more than a tale of a forest

and dreams make us heroes and victims sometimes

let our battle cries carry us to new heights

rejoice that our inner foes are part of us

we are victim and victor, we do as we must