Mar 2020
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I once had a dream,
I found happiness setting
beside me like an old friend.
My dreams became a shadow,
a reminder of my struggle
but also the muscle
I’ve built over time.
I’ve fought with the devil
and won everytime
but still he tries to
steal the power I’ve
grew to understand
through the struggle.
I once had a dream
or My guardian angel
had a dream about me,
I was drowning in the dirt
a shadow with wings
swooped down and saved me,
my gravestone broke
leaving me woke.
I realized as I lay in bed
I was the shadow,
I saved myself.
My future grew roots,
tried to devour me with
it’s thorns and I woke
from my dream as my life
grew wings.
The struggle is real!
© 2020 By Amanda Shelton
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❤️❤️❤️
I once had a dream,
I found happiness setting
beside me like an old friend.
My dreams became a shadow,
a reminder of my struggle
but also the muscle
I’ve built over time.
I’ve fought with the devil
and won everytime
but still he tries to
steal the power I’ve
grew to understand
through the struggle.
I once had a dream
or My guardian angel
had a dream about me,
I was drowning in the dirt
a shadow with wings
swooped down and saved me,
my gravestone broke
leaving me woke.
I realized as I lay in bed
I was the shadow,
I saved myself.
My future grew roots,
tried to devour me with
it’s thorns and I woke
from my dream as my life
grew wings.
The struggle is real!
© 2020 By Amanda Shelton
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❤️❤️❤️
I had a near death experience and this poem is a metaphor of the experience. It’s confusing when you die but you are forced back to life. It can be painful and existing at the same time.
