Broken Dreams

I held my dreams inside my hands so no one else could touch Made sure they only knew my face so no one else could judge I fed them big and made them strong so they could face the world Gave manners well, for show and tell so they would never curl I taught them fight along with flight and gave them room to choose I gave my heart and gave my life to be their running shoes But when came the time for dreams to shine I noticed they would choke And then I tripped on life's mischief an piece by piece dreams broke