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I dreamt once of your ever changing face And a love I could never hold on to The receding tide became a holy place And swept from the sand an image of you A moon rose high and gave me strength But sadly I could not see it I fought endlessly but couldn’t go the length Perfection, I could never be it I see you as a canvas, but it is not my art You shape your own identity far away from mine I’d like to believe though that I was some vital part A quilt woven with thread, a wall wrapped in vine I could not be the anchor, I could not be the stone Now I lie here sinking in a dream I call my own The last I saw was the back of your ship begin to fade And with it you took every dream I had ever made.
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Nov 18, 2010
Nov 18, 2010 at 8:21 AM UTC
The Cast of Our Distant Shapes
I dreamt once of your ever changing face And a love I could never hold on to The receding tide became a holy place And swept from the sand an image of you A moon rose high and gave me strength But sadly I could not see it I fought endlessly but couldn’t go the length Perfection, I could never be it I see you as a canvas, but it is not my art You shape your own identity far away from mine I’d like to believe though that I was some vital part A quilt woven with thread, a wall wrapped in vine I could not be the anchor, I could not be the stone Now I lie here sinking in a dream I call my own The last I saw was the back of your ship begin to fade And with it you took every dream I had ever made.
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Nov 18, 2010
Nov 18, 2010 at 8:21 AM UTC
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