Practicality

What would the world be like,
if everything had to be practical?
Would there be a place for cotton candy,
or amusement parks?

What would the world be like,
if composers were told to be more efficient,
and poets had to keep to the facts.

And in this world, where would we live,
how would we live?

What would give us joy?
And the car? Would the car give us joy?
Or would they too only be built to satisfy a need?
What would the world be like,
If everything had to be practical?

What would happen to men with dreams,
Crazy, impossible, unbelievable impractical dreams
Of building something that no one has said they need
What would the world be like if everything had to be rational?
Would there be room for a dreamer?
Would there be a room for a company of dreamers.
A place where inspiration comes not only once,
But again
And again
And again.
And where everything they build is a culmination of everything they know,
and everything they are.
So perhaps, it's time, once again,
to look around and be thankful that we live in a world that we do,
that allow little boys and the rest of the world, to dream
as impractical, irrational, and unnecessary as that may be.