Dare to Dream (Dark Knight Rises music accompaniment)

*Inspiration behind this piece: "Inception" movie*

Dream Ladder: Perception + Liberation + Power = Supreme Confidence
 
This is about a man who….awakes with supreme confidence…now, to  
him its internal, but I’m here to take u on a journey through his dreams, 3 to be exact, depicting as to HOW he obtained this….swagger…and so we begin at the deepest level dream…perception…[here we go]
 
It’s hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world…
No matter what color diamond you are are...
from white diamonds on American shores to yellow ones of Asian lore...
From black diamonds way back home to blood diamonds of Sierra Leone
Though we all shine,
Often do we see ourselves in the rough
As do I for a-stigma clouds my existence...
I noticed, but couldn't really see the hail that fell upon me
Not hot, but cold...
The perceptions one faces and the sadness it holds...
Like you're not meant to be great,  
Working 9 to 5 is your fate...
Your past your prime it’s too late…
To educate oneself, graduate, THEN…elevate the kids who grow each and every day
I never could wrap myself around the gist of this enigma…
I mean why does it insist?  
Rejected it once or twice but continues to persist
Stalking me daily... always trying to catch a glimpse
Of my whereabouts, posting memes on Facebook even causing me to doubt
No more to this I said… it tried to instill fear,
But up a hill I fled to the edge of a cliff
Lava gushing past its tip....enclosing in it did
Brace yourself I thought and so...I jumped...
 
Unafraid of the lava beneath me, unbounded by the spirit of fear I took that plunge  
And emerged afresh in a dream from the ashes of perception, reborn like a feather in its crimson wing, the phoenix of liberation
Unchained from the gravitational pulls of society rules
I soared past its nuisance, above the influence
Nestling myself on the peak of Mount Olympus  
Where I reminisced  
That ever since I assumed captain of the black pearl
Amidst Cloud Atlas
Steering its helm past the gates of Atlantis
I found it's long lost treasure
ABILITY…to do what one so pleases
Despite critics and what he said/she said things like......
 
Don’t give a woman work, her only value is her beauty,
Don’t run for change it’s not a minorities’ duty,  
Your worth in life is unfulfilled without
material jewels from Jimmy Choos to retro 2's,
And DON’T have standards, settle for less,  
For the person YOU seek is like a skip in your chest
And to all those things I speak NOTHING but death,  
I’m free from those thoughts, my mind can finally…rest…
 
No longer in the rough...a hope diamond I stand, smoothly polished and buffed
And so I burst out the prison gates of perception
Get outta jail free card in my possession
A plane nearby taking off, I saw
I got there in time and off it flew,  
zig-zagging through the clouds and higher
destined for skydivers....
Lemme try something new and eager I became
Pulling on a yellow suit, white shoes with matching parachutes
Approaching the door...leaning forward
A kick...I felt in my ribs
Looking down on everything as a tandem
Paused...heart racing ...and then...we jumped…
 
And as we were falling, I heard whispers…
*what does that mean?*
I asked…
*RISE*
…and so I did..
and into this white light..
a dream of unmarked territory
Like a hyperbolic time chamber...where I controlled my reality...
 
I AM the real deal I said....
Strength of Hercules I could feel
Cunning like Achilles minus the heel,
The aura of the mighty Samson...I could even see through lead...and the words behind it read:
 
KNOW THYSELF...
 
For in a house of deception
Are many rooms of one's perceptions
And in a midst of much confusion
It is you who holds the key to the door of evolution...of self...
For the riches in life are not amassed till
one discovers the magnitude of inner wealth
And to attain that not only meant being bold,
But harnessing the power pulsing within ones soul
For what we achieve inwardly will change...
Outer reality….  
 
Empowered I became
cause after reading this I realized I must live my life
Freely and fearlessly...
For this...  
Is the epitome of what
TRUE power really is..
 
“*sigh* its 6AM...Hmmm…what challenges will I conquer today?”