My Dream Within A Dream

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Written, September 8, 2025
For The Contest, “My Dream Within A Dream”
Sponsor, Constance La France


She passed away one day-
     my dearest Mom, too soon, so young.
        I felt sad and alone;
so much unsaid, so much undone. 
I begged God, tell me, please
     if she was there with Him
         in Heaven, with no pain;
in Heaven, smiling down on me.

This was the only wish
     I carried in my broken heart
        dreaming of an answer.
With hopeful thinking and prayer,
I begged, “Dear God, please let me know.”
     And so, as time went by,
        this sole wish became the daydream-
that filled my waking day.

Slowly, some weeks went by
     remembering the happy times
        tucked deep within my heart.
But then, she came to me-
sat close to me upon my bed!
     Arms outstretched, with a smile-
        and magic words, “I am okay!"
Thank you, dear God, for granting me- 
        My dream within a dream!

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