I Dream, Nonetheless

 

Today, I dream of a distant past 

of things to come that will not last 

of days, few and far between 

when I am heard and barely seen 

 

Tomorrow, I dream – closer, by far, 

yet stand in the distance, the door ajar, 

telling myself the way to go 

as other paths disappear, fast or slow 

 

Forever, I dream of endless days 

when life ceases to cast a haze 

on the dream intended to carry me through, 

and outlive the nightmare that made me blue 

 

Awakened from a hibernating sleep, 

I discovered the dream was not so deep 

but a place where hopes went to die 

yet instead, I choose to sigh 

 

and I dream, nonetheless, that what will come

is light-years away from a burning sun

casting shadows on all I know,

burning to a crisp what remains aglow

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