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votum

oh sandman, bring me a dream!

a beautiful dream, unlike those from wakeful nights.

give me swift acres on Eurus

over clear water streams

and throat deep into the softest petals.

give me the slow, careful embrace

of one who knows me.

give me the sun and the moon.

let me watch as the stars dance,

flowing about the sky

like a pool of mercury.

let me feel insignificant and small

in a race for the biggest of things.

let me dream of the things i couldn’t have

as if i always had them.

i beg of you just let me dream.

give me soft whispers by candlelight.

let me be content to watch the wax fall.

don’t let me lay down to sleep

only to realize i must immediately reopen my eyes.

let me communicate with the parts of me i never see.

let me forget the world around me.

let it fade into color.



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