Just a dream

A dream is just a dream to you,
but it's so much more to me,
When you close your eyes at night
a dream is what you see
It may bring joy or pain;
or wake you with falling tears
It may bring out the best in you,
or release all your fears
You may recall it when you wake
or forget it all the same
It may haunt you with visions
that last for days and days
A dream is just a dream to you
but it's so much more to me
Even as I lie awake
a dream is what I see
As vivid as a nightmare
as haunting as a ghost
The reality of my dreams
is what I fear the most
I close my eyes and there are things
I fight, hide from, and fear
But as I open up my eyes
those things are all still here
A dream is just a dream to you
but it's so much more to me
While the meanings are symbolic
they may never come to be
In time when you forget them
or they become de ja vu
It seems more coincidence
 than a message coming through
The fright you try to hide each day
with an evanescent smile
Is just a dream to you at night
not a mask of your denial
A dream is just a dream to you
but it's so much more to me
I've taken off my mask of shame
for the whole world to see
I may not be perfect,
nor have the answers right
The pain by day may be as real
as it is for you each night
The things I dream and pray for us
may never come to be
because a dream is just a dream to you
but it's so much more to me