I used to have dreams

I used to have dreams

back when I was younger

and I had hunger

for exciting days to come

I always imagined

I would soon be healing

and it would be revealing

as I reached the setting sun

someday way back then

imagination grew wild

I was learning like a child

all the lessons I would need

I wandered through the city

meeting all the strangers

never fearing any danger

in the path I believed

          where I am going

          I do not know

          it's like pulling up roots

          in order to grow

and so on my way

to growing quite old

the stories were told

of what was to be

I sat in silence

waiting for something to happen

I was the captain

alone on the sea

          where I am going

          I cannot say

          but everyone better

          get out of the way

I used to have dreams

when I was younger

now I sit and wonder

where I will go

I don't know the future

but I see it coming

I hear distant drumming

soon I will know