=They'll call you a Dreamer=

They call you a dreamer
when you tell them you dream
of flying and fading, among other things.
They laugh at you or frown
when you tell them you sleep
lots and more, because you like to dream.

Why behind locked doors and lights
left hanging on or already gone
they wonder where oompaloompas reside,
where they hide when the door unlocks
and disheveled hair greets them-
Hair that moments earlier were swept by wind
and reft by the oompaloompas you conjured-
you will know but cannot answer.

They'll call you a dreamer
because you treat your dreams
equal to the reality they prefer.
They'll frown at you and say
that dreams are not real
and do not last when you wake.

But you know and will not answer
that realities are not dreams
and they last while you sleep.
So you'll smile at them and think-
They'll call you a Dreamer.