Oh, my goodness...Wow...This poem was so deep. Great job on it! This is so true in so many ways, I cannot even say it in words. The part especially about singing religious songs "for someone else's war." That was magnificently brilliant and true--it always is someone else's war. I hope you can hear the words I want to say in my heart through this comment.

Dreams are as large as you make them--and you can make them anything.
wInTeR rOsE