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Fantasies Void
20 August 2006

When love was distance
and a heart could beat but only once
Where was that assurance of desire
an impossible choice, just to walk away

For did we love, because we could love
or was this idea of amour already lost
An ocean and rivers to cross
the excitement unable to share

Gathering that hope of yesterday
troubled by what stood before
To want to trust in reality
yet thrust into a fantasy
overcome in void

The valid nature of love
forbidden due to complex
All a man wanting, to find and
admire her, and tied in what happens next


“. . . We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the
sudden shock of battle nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion
will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.”
Sir Winston Churchill, Radio speech, 1941
British politician (1874 - 1965)
British Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951-1955;


© 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet)

a poet who cares