A Dream He Never Dreamt
Sharing life with every patient breath
Darkness... familiar garbled voices
Liquid dreams in the gentle machine
And the serpentine road breeds choices
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Eleven thousand, five hundred, and thirteen days…
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Startled, bewildered, and smiling, he awoke
From a treacherous and vigorous slumber
Grainy motion pictures washed into and stoked
Embers of emotion that made him wonder
A sigh… a lifetime of air escaped his lungs
As the images of where and when crept in
Dusty grade school hallways, mischief, and playgrounds
His Halloween mask swept away with fall winds
Memories of the triumphs drip crimson red,
Recollections of the failures tear a seam,
But the "now" had arrived, baptized by the thread
Of the stunning aura and the smile she beamed
The arduous plight before that day faded
As a new definition of passion grew
Into a symphony of love belated
Two souls had never seen a vision so true
Delivered from a dream that he never dreamt
A blessing, a gift, a healthy obsession
A feeling no mortal could ever invent
The two then commenced a fervent ascension
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Tomorrow will gently come and go
The luminous tide will groan and roar
But he will never forget the day
She winked back, and then opened the door
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