More Than That

Photo by Pablo Hernandez
Here's a beautiful poem by my friend Ez!

There’s more. There’s more than your dream that ends with the dawn. There’s more than the smile of knowing
That maybe someday it will all come true and surprise you with reality glowing.
There’s more than just hoping that by chance or earned fortune, your efforts will soon start to pay.
There’s more than just building on blind faith alone, without clearly seeing the way.
And there’s more than the fearing, the doubting, the tears that are fruits of a trust ebbing low.
There’s more than the secrets and mistakes of our past that we dare not remember or show.
There’s more than the best moments brought back to life. There’s more than the life that you’re living.
There’s more than the reasons you ever held back; more truth to the joy come from giving.
A longing for innocence of heart, mind and wishes; a yearning for plain truth and reason.
An unspoken hunger to live in a world where belief is not looked on as treason.
A purpose to living and a life full of loving, with no happiness spared on the way.
A trail to walk on that ever leads onward, grows brighter with each passing day.
These are my incentives, they keep me alive. They play in my mind as I breathe.
They give me sweet rest and wake me each morn. They are, in this world, my reprieve.

-- Ezra Mara