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Faded Visions
 
There are visions that faded
And dreams that went bad
And curdled, embittered,
Like nightmares I've had
And shattered to fragments
And dropped in the dust
Where my body will meet
Them someday, as it must.
 
From: The Beckoning Hand
Copyright 2006 © James Walter Orr