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once, now, then

April 4, 2010
By Saudade_indigo PLATINUM, Winnipeg, Other
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now is human
once and then pour nature's fierce magical energy through my veins

once
I squinted blissfully at the brilliant starlit surroundings
yesterday
I danced, ceiling-bound, with the light-addicted moths

now
I tied my shoelaces together to hop around ice floes
now

I feel the daydream become miracle-tainted reality
tomorrow
I dive upwards to the pure afterlife imagination
then

now is strong enough to ground me in icy depths i can't shatter and scramble from
i wait for tomorrow

© Joseph B., Mesquite, TX

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