Dreams Built On Ashes

Dreams Built On Ashes

This title is a summation statement and tells its own story!
Sometimes we do not see the ashes so we're still in search of glory.
The dream may be so ablaze with positive intent, we only see the fire -
When the fire has burned down - then you see the ashes and, likely, a liar.

Some of life's disappointments are brought on by our self-induced oversight
But others are so painfully inflicted by some unscrupulous knight -
Flashing his "silver armor" and his sharpened sword to impress
His hapless victims, as the fire is built beneath their dream, the ashes then confess.