"Broken Dreams"
                                    by Robert Brown

What do you do
When all your dreams
Have broken beyond repair?
When all your hopes
Have scattered to the Four Winds?
When you have nothing left
To look forward to
What do you do?

Do you give up?
Accept that you will never have
What you desire or
What you deserve?
Mire yourself in Depression
All to end your struggles?
Is the peace found by acceptance worth
Imprisoning yourself in Despair?

Do you set your sights lower?
Accept only what is given to you or
What hangs neatly
Within your easy grasp?
Coast through your days
With only a minimum of Effort?
Is the ease of mediocrity worth
Surviving instead of Living?

Do you set your sights higher?
Accept nothing but the best
Never stop dreaming or
Striving for more?
Putting yourself on the line
On the mere chance of reaching your Goal?
Is the reward you seek worth
The risks you face to Achieve it?

Three paths lie before you
One leads quickly down into the Depths
One runs off toward the Neverending Horizon
One climbs precariously toward the Stars
Which path will you take?
Which path can you take?
Or will you turn your back on all three
And make your own Way?