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scoff
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0 posted 2008-07-09 08:19 PM


Ebon night eclipses dreary day
as darkness falls over my world.
It reminds me how all dreams decay,
a swift decline to base reality
and desperation held at bay.

Fading hopes flicker in the waking dawn.
It seems my heart is an unwilling victim,
thrust forward like an expendable pawn,
all tied up and inextricably linked
with dreams that have come and gone.

Life goes on, a carousel ride
encircling the object of memories.
I remember you here by my side,
showing clearly the shape of tomorrow,
a vision, a dream that couldn't be denied.

What of the promises you never kept?
It's been many years since that day.
Not a day has passed I haven't wept,
dreaming of you, sweet dreams of youth,
lost dreams that haunted me as I slept.

What of the dream we shared as one?
I can't bear the weight, this burden,
alone in the shadow of the sun.
Night is falling as darkness closes in,
and now, I realize, the dream is done.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Max Ehrmann

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SEA
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1 posted 2008-07-09 09:40 PM


the emotions here are so raw...

I liked this best...

"Life goes on, a carousel ride
encircling the object of memories.
I remember you here by my side,
showing clearly the shape of tomorrow,
a vision, a dream that couldn't be denied."

Ericc
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2 posted 2008-07-10 03:56 PM


Oh wow...this is so
moving, raw and
beautifuly
said.

Excellent write.

Eric

scoff
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3 posted 2008-07-10 06:02 PM


Thank you, SEA. That's my favorite verse, too.

Thanks, Eric. I appreciate it.

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4 posted 2008-07-10 09:52 PM


the dream is never done.....

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I never let one moment define me,
I define myself by all moments and how they teach and touch me......02  

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