THE MAN OF DREAMS

By Arthur Stringer

All my lean life

I garnered nothing but a dream or two,

These others gathered harvests

And grew fat with grain.

But no man lives by bread,

And bread alone.

So, forgetful of their scorn,

When starved, they cried for life,

I gave them my last dreams,

I bared for them my heart,

That they might eat!