The Following

Awoke, did I,
to trap a dream
untrammeled in its art

But hurriedly it lost its gleam,
though I drew it part by part.

How to capture,
how to keep
such singleness of soul?

Such loving rapture,
born of sleep-
'twas one of heaven's foal!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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