Borealis 2015-2016

If Reality Was A Dream If reality was a dream,

then I’d eternally long for the warmth of your embrace. My heart would laze and float like the moonlight’s gleam, and overflow with the tender love that could never be replaced. If reality was a dream, then I’d never wear the shackles of fear. Even if the world tore at the seams, time freezes in the moment when you’re here. If reality was a dream, then I would always want to dream this life than live a nightmare. The smallest actions and the most meaningless thoughts are never as they seem, and the only illusion is the distance from one another that we must bear. No matter how much we feel helpless and feeble, love never treats us like problems before we are people. If reality was a dream, then I would never know how it feels to be truly weak. My light, my foundation, my support, my wall on which I lean, my partner who will help me find the strength I seek. If reality was a dream, then each day is no longer a war we survive to suffer through. Tears no longer fall and flow like a quiet stream, smiles are endless like the skies, and even hope shines too. If reality was a dream, I’d be intoxicated with such joy and freedom and dazed the next morning from bliss redeemed. I’d look back on memory lane and reminisce how far we’ve come. If you’re my reality, I won’t stop chasing my dream. Lily Xiong 5.4

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