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“All that we see or seem is but a dream
within a dream.”―Edgar Allan Poe
mine are not nighttime pillow dreams
that are, at daybreak, fled;
they come forth, bursting at the seams,
when slumberfest is dead.
my eyes are open widest, when
i gaze upon the face
of destinations far from men
who falter in the race.
for all my dreams are of the day,
my visions of the light;
my great ambitions for the quay,
where men of courage fight
for continence and peace and love
in war-torn hinterlands;
for human wisdom far above
the tackle of vile hands.
sleep not to dream, lest darkness kills
the sweet perfume of hope;
conquer the steep and lofty hills,
ere paradise elope.
© Copyright 2023 October 26
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
within a dream.”―Edgar Allan Poe
mine are not nighttime pillow dreams
that are, at daybreak, fled;
they come forth, bursting at the seams,
when slumberfest is dead.
my eyes are open widest, when
i gaze upon the face
of destinations far from men
who falter in the race.
for all my dreams are of the day,
my visions of the light;
my great ambitions for the quay,
where men of courage fight
for continence and peace and love
in war-torn hinterlands;
for human wisdom far above
the tackle of vile hands.
sleep not to dream, lest darkness kills
the sweet perfume of hope;
conquer the steep and lofty hills,
ere paradise elope.
© Copyright 2023 October 26
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
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