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Grand Delusions

This poem celebrates the boundless dreams and fantasies of children, insisting that adults should never crush them with narrow realism.
Rather than staying small and practical, children should be free to imagine boldly and joyfully, for imagination itself is the force that opens the future.
The poem suggests that dreams are not mere fantasies, but expressions of a deep unconscious desire to change the world.
In the end, it gently invites adults to step once more into the innocent world of children’s dreams.


Grand Delusions

If they are children’s dreams,
please do not wake them.

If the dreams are tiny and timid,
throw them away.

At least let dreams
grow huge and wildly imagined.

If all you do is fuss over little things,
then that is the end of it.

Children’s dreams
should be enormous.

Whether they come true or not
is beside the point.

Because they are dreams,
let them be enjoyed freely.

Who knows—
perhaps something extraordinary
might begin.

That is why children’s dreams
are so delightful.

They make hearts race with excitement,
they make spirits soar,
they set the soul on fire.

The narrow-mindedness of adults
is only ugly to behold.

Within children’s dreams
we can glimpse the world itself.

From nothing,
nothing is born.

Let us nurture
the imagination that feels something.

The unconscious desire
to change something
gives shape to dreams.

Come, let us play
in the world of children’s dreams.

Let us soak for a while
in the innocence we had forgotten.

Let us be captivated
by eyes that speak of dreams.

And please—
do not stain them
with the shabby hearts of adults.

Written on May 26, 2026.
Do dreams perhaps foretell what is yet to come?

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