The Girl Who Couldn't Dream By: Alyssa Guinn
When I was younger I didn't like to sleep. I would always ask my sister what did it feel like to dream. I would close my eyes and always see the dark . But, I was scared to see that I could go far. One night I woke up screaming and my mom didn't come . All i could do was cry to the bathroom and let the water run. I felt crazy and suicidal. I would cry every night like I lost american idol. I was always scared about the future and my future titles. One Day my friend asked me do i dream. And i said i don't know how to believe. She said imagine your flying with really big wings and if your eyes try to open just squeeze alyssa please. A person who doesn't dream never gets far. With hopes and dreams you have the greatest art. She said close your eyes and pretend your playing with stars or hop from planets and stop at mars. If you never believe you can never achieve you know that guy Dr.king? he had a long dream . I told her i'm not a Dr.king I'm a nobody i'm a beginner and my life is karate. I keep getting knocked down, pushed around, and abused. I probably can't dream because my mind is bruised. I was stabbed in the head a couple years after two. And when i was gushing blood all i could see was blue. Everything anyone has ever told me didn't feel like the truth. Why can't i dream? I wanna dream too.
After our conversation I went home to eat . I laid in my bed and tried to concentrate on sleep. I felt a little rage and it cut deep. So, I got on my knees and prayed up to god. "God Please let these problems stop, I dont wanna believe that i can't dream, but this seems to be the only thing that i can believe. Please hear me god im in need of your help. Send me a hope so i can prosper in wealth. I need love in my heart and motivation in my mind. Please help me god i will do better next time. One dream can change my life, but whats a dream when you cant sleep at night? please stop the tears that fall down my face. Bring to me peace so i can soon embrace and erase these thoughts of failure that has my heart beating fast pace. Send me a sign send me a dream. So, I can make a change like Dr.Martin Luther King". After that i went to sleep. But, when i woke up there still was no dream.
Although i got some good sleep that night i started to get impatient. God, if this dream don't come im tired of waiting. I went to school in a positive mood did all my work early and requested to go to the library. After, i got my pass and went to the library i started to search for contest to enter I found lots and lots of them and started writing. I was so excited I love writing. By my fourth story i fell asleep on the computer. I woke up in New York performing in front of the empire state building. There were so many people screaming my name all I could say is how did i get here? how did this happen? I wanted to cry . Next, thing I see is my name being called for a grammy. I said "am i dreaming?" when i got on stage and spoke into the microphone "someone wake me up". Then , i hear "Alyssa School is out" and feel a tap. I hop up so fast and ran to my bus . when i got on the bus i dreamed again. That was when i realised i know how to dream. I was the happiest person in the world. I ran to my mom and told her and she said "baby, dreams can be real one day, with determination and motivation it can become reality, now that you dream always remember it can happen if you put your mind to it. ".
Ever since that day I have been dreaming every night about everything possible and impossible. I know all of my dreams can happen. I use to believe that i couldn't dream . But, now i believe they can become reality. Thanks for reading I hope you can make your dreams into reality too.