A dream is too good a thing to let go of

I saw this poem online and I thought it was really beautiful.  It's all about not letting dreams you have go until they're realized. Even if it's tough to reach a dream, it's still worth it! I hope you hold on to a dream a never let it go.

A Pinch of Salt

By Robert Graves




WHEN a dream is born in you

With a sudden clamorous pain,

When you know the dream is true

And lovely, with no flaw nor strain,

O then, be careful, or with sudden clutch

You'll hurt the delicate thing you prize so much.

Dreams are like a bird that mocks,

Flirting the feathers of his tail.

When you sieze at the salt box,

Over the hedge you'll see him sail.

Old birds are neither caught with salt nor chaff:

They watch you from the apple bough and laugh.

Poet, never chase the dream.

Laugh yourself and turn away.

Mask your hunger; let it seem

Small matter if he come or stay;

But when he nestles in your hand at last,

Close up your fingers tight and hold him fast.




Poem from: http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/graves01.html