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Dreaming While Awake

February 16, 2014
By basilbailey BRONZE, Hastings, Minnesota
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basilbailey BRONZE, Hastings, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
Imagination is more important than knowledge~albert einstein

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little things
and little streets
big families
and big dreams

coming of age is
not far away
but sometimes it is
not close enough

tough decisions are
so hard to make
without family
and without friends

a floating island
off in the sea
casting its lasso
away toward shore

sinking so slowly
down into blue
no one catching
the lasso thrown

all of this may be
just a mirage
just an illusion
of rising water

big things
and little hope
all until
I wake up

© David K., Birkenhead, UK

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