I Dare Not Dream
I dare not sleep and dream again;
For I cannot bear the cost--
Reminding me, and cruelly so
Of what I had, then lost.
How blessed I would dreamless be,
That I might long forget--
To sleep bereft of reverie,
And absent all regret!
--Mel
Copyright © Mel Merrill | Year Posted 2015
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