Dreams Poem by Saad Qazi

If life was a dream I could control
Then I would live my life to the very full
I would never be scared to make a mistake
For never would a dream ever be at stake
I would live and relive my every single fear
Like I never could in the life I had here
And hold forever each moment I held dear

I would live my dreams for years and years
To love and lose and shed no tears!
For each loss would bring a better gain
And if not- then I would live again!
A thousand dreams I wish to live
A thousand lives all mine to give!

So I dreamt away the life I had
Too worried to live, too afraid, too scared
My life was like a candle at night
Which throws deeper shadows than it gives out light
And each dream was a shadow on the wall
Not meaning much for any at all
So when I die you won't remember me
My life, my dreams, my family

And if the candle is not yet lit
Time has slipped and old age must persist
So after I am dead and my body's cold
Most of all, I fear to be told
Now that you're up, how was your dream?