Our future path lies in our dreams and what follows is the dream of one human being who can visualize not only what is not right with the present, but what can become right with the future.

Millennium Dream

Looking back through time

I see that I came

as a dreamer of dreams

as well as a child of the earth

But learned to ignore the dreams

And focus on real, material things

master the ritual

of becoming a successful individual

in the real world

Now I pause, wonder why

with our country's living standard so high

teens kill teens

millions of people are poor

billions are spent on drugs to lessen

pain, disease, anxiety, and fear

Holes appear in the ozone layer

polar ice melts

rains dissolve California cliffs

India explodes the atom

to show its' a player

in the real world

As night time falls

and sleep calls

Thoughts of material life dissolve

in dreams of turbulent water

devouring beasts

efforts to get somewhere

but destination unknown

I try to recall those dreams

that I came to dream

The screen before my eyes

turns velvety blue-black

spreads outward, inward

everywhere, nowhere

I sink into the bliss

of nothingness

And then, from nothing appears

a vaguely visible form

molding an empty energy ball

between vaguely visible hands

with great care and delight

while chanting a sacred medody

Until, in a moment of ecstasy

the universe springs into materiality

bathed from above

with compassionate love

The dream changes again

people appear, free from fear

working together in harmony

with earth, fire, water, and air

I come awake knowing

Now is the time

for all human beings

to recall their forgotten dreams

which provide the means

to move beyond

fear, anger, strife

Bring the joy of compassionate love

into material life.

This poem was contributed by Leonard Goodwin from his book "Journey Through Time - From the Great Depression To the New Millennium" (It is a spiritual biography in poetic form available online from Barnes & Noble or from the author, Leonard Goodwin) Email the author

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