When we ..
Spend 12 hours a day chasing deadlines and trudge home too tired for chat or playtime with the family,
chase the next promotion by usurping our coworkers,
bear with the dissatisfaction with our superiors and the inefficiency only to need to get together and waste another 2 hours venting weekly with friends,
stretch our paychecks and credit card limits each year when the increment does not exceed inflation let alone price increases,
lay low and invisible at the next company VSS,
whose dreams are we chasing?

When we...
enter the sanctity of holy matrimony because...the timing is right,
we've been together so long,
this is the spouse my family approves,
we are nearing 30,
we bought a car, house, so marriage is next,
being married gives us an image of stability in the company,
whose dreams are we chasing?

When we....
bring lives into this world in the form of our children because...
the timing is right,we are nearing 30,it is the natural thing to do after marriage,
never mind we have no time to look after and care but our parents want grandkids,
having a family gives us an image of stability in the company,
so that our kids can look after us in our old age,
whose dreams are we chasing?

When we...
chase after the next high, the next car, the much coveted landed property,
portray an image of being trendy when we are stretching out credit limits to the max,
sit around as couch potatos to numb our brains with Hollywood dreams,
lull ourselves into a sense of security because we are living the life that the Jones's are,
whose dreams are we chasing?

When we....
put aside dreams and aspirations because our formula tells us it's not possible,
conform ourselves into a life of mediocrity because we convince ourselves luxury is not everything,
give up precious moments with precious ones because we perceive there is no choice,
base our success on the failure of others,
tighten our belts and buy cheaper milk for our children with the next oil price/electricity increase,
whose dreamss are we chasing?

For those of us who still remember how to dream and dare to do so, whose dreams are we chasing?