Locked away

I've written before how I hope to be brave enough to put aside my dreams, to put them away in a drawer like Mr. Darling does in Peter Pan. Many of those dreams were elusive enough to put away without too much difficulty, since the chances of seeing them become reality were small. But there was this one dream. This one most cherished dream that I clung too. It was one of my first dreams, and also the one I thought had the greatest potential to become reality. This dream, I did not want to put away in the drawer. I didn't want to let it go. I realize now that this dream, even this one, must also be put away. The thing about abandoned dreams is, the more you take them out of the drawer to admire them, the harder it is to close the drawer. I see know what I have to do. I need to place these dreams in a locked safe, hide it in the deepest recess of the deepest drawer, and throw away the key. Can I be brave enough?