Mission

Hold your fire,

Keep it burning bright

Hold the flame 'til the dream ignites

A spirit with a vision is a dream

With a mission



I hear their passionate music

Read the words that touch my heart

I gaze at their feverish pictures

The secrets that set them apart



When I feel the powerful visions

Their fire has made alive

I wish I had that instinct

I wish I had that drive



Spirits fly on dangerous missions

Imaginations on fire

Focused high on soaring ambitions

Consumed in a single desire



In the grip of a nameless possession

A slave to the drive of obsession

A spirit with a vision is a dream

With a mission.



I watch their images flicker

Bringing light to a lifeless screen

I walk through their beautiful buildings

And I wish I had their dreams

But dreams don't need to have motion

To keep their spark alive

Obsession has to have action

Pride turns on the drive



It's cold comfort

To the ones without it

To know how they struggled

How they suffered about it

If their lives were exotic and strange

They would likely have gladly exchanged them

For something a little more plain

Maybe something a little more sane



We each pay a fabulous price

For our visions of paradise

But a spirit with a vision is a dream

With a mission.




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