To Build A Dream Poem by Efren Petalver Carranza

The world can be dark and lonely,
Some light is hard to find
One longs for hope and happiness
To calm a troubled mind

Day in, day out, we work and strive,
To make our lives complete
One thing is sure and life will prove
Success is quite a fate

But can success be measured
In all that gleams of gold?
Or do we still search farther
To see what life will hold?

Of course we know we can't deny
That it will take much more
To build a dream, to find a path
To what we're searching for

Great men have died throughout the years
Without this truth so clear
That life is loving and caring for
The people we hold dear

There are those who take and take
And never give a damn
For them the creed of kindness
Is nothing but a sham

True happiness can never come
To people such as these
For in the end, they'll be alone
And wonder what they've missed

Love and human kindness
Can only come one way
By proving through our actions
Each and every day

That we can give as well as take
Help lift another's load
Turn the darkness into a day
Along life's weary road

So why you ask, do I go on?
This verse is nothing new
Well, I just thought I'd let you know
I've found the best in you... to build a dream!


God gave me a neck with limited turns only to know who are on my sides, to look down what I have lost, and to look up that He is watching. In fact, He gave a full body to hold my senses so I could turn around and look back to those who had helped me.