Fish bowl

You hold your dreams in a jar,

You guard them like a treasure,

Wrapping your arms around  them,

watching them with glee,

Like a gold fish you contain them,

You fear to let go,

Because your dreams are bigger than yourself,

And demand higher expectations,

But like a fish in a bowl,

your dreams remain as small as you keep your mind closed,

As shallow as you keep your feet on the ground,

And as low as you look down upon yourself

Look up 

Let your mind see

For your dreams are bigger than yourself,

Because they are your spirit,

Which is bigger than the fish in the bowl,

Have courage

let go

Your dreams have wings to fly,

and needs to soar.