To die from dreaming.



To die a death in slumbers breath.
To be whisped away into unsheltered skies.
And left to devises new and bright.
To shine with the day and glisten with the night.
To be, still, even though not embodied.
Unseen and yet seen in blurry eyed corners wadded with sleep.
To be heard in a dream as the gleaming ocean washes dreams into heaps of sand.
To know one day you'll understand
why I left you in signs I leave behind.
To love without body is to love sweet mind.
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Written on February 26, 2022

Submitted by heathert.34240 on February 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Characters 462
Words 97
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

Heather Lydia Thornhill

 · 1981 · Manchester

In 2017 i published Moods and mindsets poetry..and went from there. more…

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