Ever hopeful

Filled with dreams

Bright new

Brand new

Hopeful schemes

Pastel shades

And Wedgwood skies

First light

Of loving

In your eyes

Soon to dim

And then you flee

Leaving me

Alone

With me

The things I fear

The things you said

Burning rivers

In my head

Bereft of all

We shared

My soul

So old

So young

So bare

Afraid of you

Of me

Of life

Of men……

Until the bright new

Dreams

Begin again

The landscape never

Quite the same

Eventually

A different game

Aware at last

Of what I know

And think

And am

And feel

The gift of love

At

Long

Last

Real

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