Mirage

a sheer jump
into the bare waste

of an almost forgotten
dream, with opal

opaqueness and an allure
that could conjure so much

of a life so wanted
and a whirl of vague desire

that we don’t want it to 
end.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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