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Wooden dreamer

It's a hand-craft abstract thinker
of a motionless reality
it combines every dream spoken
and shows off what it knows we can't see

And we sit and think we're ready
caught up in our ignorance
steady, like cattle on a farm
we can't hear the machines roar

Within the peaceful wooden thinker
and its superficial charm
holds the answers to our lives

And you think of gaining lots of money
and I a life of little cost
and we have no time to reconsider
the opportunities we have lost

Like a shadow bound to one person
we are at mercy to a controlling figure
a fish within a current
with a barely noticed mind

Still the peaceful wooden thinker
with its superficial charm
has the wisdom of our lives

Yes we dream of things that matter
with laugher secretly shed
but amid the corner of the room
it knows what can't be said

And how our lives are subtly misguided
with promises shortly kept
in harmony with our minds
still we continue to sacrifice our lives

Far from the peaceful wooden dreamer
and its superficial charm
and the answers to our lives

Author notes

Sure, we can dream..
But sometimes we try to pursue our dream among many limitations, and so they just remain dreams. Our dreams are motionless unless we become the outsider, and understand life for ourselves instead of following those who remain ignorant and careless of each others dreams. And we will not be convinced by an outsider unless we had the ability to become one and pursue what truly makes us happy and peaceful. The wooden dreamer is the outsider, but is peaceful within itself and cannot convince the rest of the crowd.

Simply said:
It's about trying to do what you want when you can't and realizing you can't do it. So you try and do things from a different angle and that is the wisest way to go about the situation.