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Sparked alive in the dark, like an old photo, framed
Released from a vault of a million dreams lost
A day, drenched with rain, where my eyes  couldn't claim
to see it as clearly, for it seemed to be crossed
by the moon and the stars, where all dreams have been tossed.
Held captive by night, are the deepest words cloned
where they're not mine to keep, to behold or emboss
I struggle to reach out, and keep them my own

It came in the night without warning or thunder
with a heartbeat, remembered,  from a light that is gone
By morning, forgotten, which leaves me to wonder
why my sleep can't reveal  faces missing so long,
or erase all the heartache that still hovers on
Held captive by night, were the deepest loves grown
where I can't take them out, to behold and to ponder
I struggle to reach out, and keep them  my own

I will gather the stars,  from the deep blue lagoon
With my head on the pillow, my lids squeezing tight
I wait past the hour, in the languid  cocoon
which triggers the conscious, to roll back the night
revealing the faces, again to the light  
With closed eyes, I'll wait, with the stars and the moon
Held captive by night, are the longings I've known
Where dreams aren't  just  promises, that vanish too soon
I struggle to reach out, and keep them my own

Released from a vault of a million dreams lost
held captive by night, are all the longings I've known
With a heartbeat, remembered, from a light that is gone,
I struggle to reach out, and keep them my own


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4/16/15   For Contest: "Not Your Average Ballade"
Sponsor: Catie Lindsey

(Note: I have tweaked the form by following a different rhyme scheme in each stanza, .....and using one line from the first 3 stanzas for the last stanza)

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