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Apr 2017
Content in a moment – sublime
Perusing the chapters inside my mind
I rise to the breath of a sweet smelling aire
While traveling the fences to get there on time

Time stands alone as it stands in my way
The world passes by without a care
Crooning a tune in an old wooden bowl
I sit in the moonlight – shattering my soul –

                      It’s brilliant!

These thoughts now untold ride up in the sky
Tantalized by motion, I strive to get by –

                     Wondering?

Not content to dream the hours away
I sit in the shadows, pretending to pray
To regress into blindness, oblivious am I
That teasing the moment is not the answer

I mosey along – spend the day in a trance
And while it away for something to say
There’s nothing to do
But what can I see?
When gravity smiles and pulls down on me

Tested at last, I find something new
Can’t truly say what it is right now
There is no beginning or end in sight
I’m lost in the flood of a rising tide

I turn it over to see what’s inside
The fire burns bright in the bowels of my dream
It’s not a thing I know how to hide
Nothing is exactly the way that is seems

Daylight punctures the face of the dark
I kick it and test it, the hour of the deep
Puzzling it is
There is no delay
Remaining entranced
Containing a chance
My heart seizes time
As it all drifts away
Richard Grahn
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Richard Grahn  58/M/Chicago
(58/M/Chicago)   
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