The Stew without Cauliflowers

Arrogant boy, thorns never turn back into roses
Don’t prick yourself. Dreams- they disappear like that boat you sailed in the ocean.
I want some stew today, but need those cauliflowers,
Now go see when the shop closes

Sweet girl, how can something I never saw
Disappear? And if my boat was lost how am I
Here?
But okay I’ll go to the shop and buy the cauliflower

Arrogant boy, dreams were never meant to be seen
They were to be held onto, whispered to, prayed upon and lost –
They were to be cherished, clutched and chased
Now tell me, how much do those cauliflowers cost?

Sweet girl, then when I close my eyes what do I see…
Aren’t those what dreams are supposed to be?
When I close my eyes
I’m all alone, its dark, loud and I’m the bad guy
But those cauliflowers would be 2 pounds to buy

Arrogant boy, when we close our eyes we see an alternate
reality. So, maybe that’s not a
Dream
That you see
Now run along, go buy those cauliflowers quickly

Sweet girl, why can’t I be at two places at
Once? And aren’t dreams an alternate reality
To survive this calamity
So maybe it is dreams that I see- I can see
I must go now, the shop closes at half past three

Arrogant boy, sweet girl, you are innocently foolish
Because it never mattered if you could see them anyway
Because
Dreams are dreams until they become nightmares
Or maybe dreams were nightmares until they became dreams
So maybe you see the bad guy because the good one is your dream
and the nightmare stayed a nightmare
the nightmare never became a dream
And maybe you think it’s an alternate reality
Because
your dreams just stayed dreams and
the dream never became a reality

The boy was late. The shop closed. The cauliflowers were never bought. It was a stew without cauliflowers