Dare We Dream?

Didn’t they warn you as a child?
Are not a thousand like you in this world
Resolute and ready to live?
Even so, will not dark night overtake,
Will not she smother your young fire?
Every soul longs, but few achieve.
Destiny’s the word of fools.
Reason it out and see the end:
Ere you began a thousand failed;
A million to one’s a better chance than you.
May I suggest you wake up?

But the Dreamer dreams the dream.