Dreaming Gap

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

My reading’s expanding my learning,
And ramped up my interest and yearning.
If that dream is true,
The thing I could do,
Is let “planning-wheels” start their turning.

Do you have a gap between dreaming and action?

My two bicycling magazines arrived this week.
Oh! The world-of-biking was right there!
All those possibilities printed on those pages!

How often do I let the dream end
When I close the magazine?
For me, there is a big space between
Dreaming & making it happen.

Reading descriptions, stories, articles
About bicycling others have done,
“How-to” encouragement for adventure,
I find myself wishing those were
My experiences.

Wishing I had started earlier,
Done more, and braver!

Granted, some pipe dreams—only imagined.
Like my fantasy of biking SOLO,
From Alaska to the bottom of South America.
Never would have happened.
(Would be quite THE trip!)

Yet, those possible adventures,
Those ones that could still, really happen—
They can take shape,
When I take action.
Beyond reading the descriptions.

Different kinds of dreams could flourish,
In addition to biking.
That “back-burner-dream,” 
That nudging interest,
How will they get out of “stall,” 
Off the page of the magazine?

Hugs,
Lin