"Dreams"
Stand upon the edge of time -
Upon the emptiness below.
Scream aloud with thrashing fists,
and hear the laughter echo.
"Once upon a time,"
The story always goes.
But, Happily ever after?
(A conclusion no one knows.)
Children are playing in the fields;
Laughing innocently.
But, as the candle begins to burn,
someday they will see.
They will see their lives before them,
in mediocrity.
Copyright 1998

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