Reality Check

Reality Check
by Luke Molnar
I left California
To find the woman of my dreams
I walked to North Dakota
She did not live there
I flew to Europe
Then tried Central America
She did not live there
I returned to California
And when I least expected it
I stumbled upon the woman of my dreams
She did not want me
She already had the man of her dreams
So I left California
To find a different kind of dream
What I found was menial labor
In New Mexico
I met a woman on the job
And we settled down
She was not the woman of my dreams
She was the woman who had given up on everything
Just so she could
Survive
With me