Sometimes Dreams

Sometimes dreams aren't only for the night. There is a place in my mind where dreams play while I am awake. The ifs, the ands, and the what ifs run a parade in my head. This is where all the things I know can never be have a voice, a chance to play. In this place I am never alone, the pain is gone, and I can have those I love. In this place situations are different, I am different. Fear does not exist and wit is my forte. Love has no bounds or limits. Shame has no place. This land of fantasy is a place kept secret from the world, but there are moments when I feel that if I hide it any longer I will go crazy. Then reality brings me back and I find I don't have a choice. No one can know for this is mine, and mine alone, to bear.