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23 May 2014

Only Dreaming


moon
years later
long after
you died
I dreamed
of you

in the dream
you were sixteen
and altogether
beautiful

death had yet
to touch
your brow

your life force
shone out
strong
and proud

and I woke up
wondering
if I was only dreaming
or was it really you
.

13 comments:

  1. Gloria Rodikis23 May 2014 at 09:53

    Lovely!

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  2. Heather Gibson23 May 2014 at 09:54

    I... wow.

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  3. Praveen Parasar23 May 2014 at 09:55

    wow John.... lovely lost romance..

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    1. My best friend - he died of an overdose 20 years ago.

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    2. Praveen Parasar23 May 2014 at 09:57

      ohhh how sad that....

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    3. I'm grateful to have known him.

      http://johnjack62.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/homo.html

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    4. Praveen Parasar23 May 2014 at 09:59

      oh so that was him.... you have portrayed him quite real in there... lost moments that still brings us a joy mixed with sadness.

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  4. Gloria Rodikis23 May 2014 at 10:00

    Oh how very sad! I believe all poems contain truths,dreams, philosophical thoughts , suffering, joys ...nothing is really false...

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    1. I try to write only about my own experiences - things that are real to me. I have no time for angels, faeries and 'love' as an abstract - give me flesh and blood any day

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  5. Beautiful and yet sad

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