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The Dreamer

January 21, 2010
By Ishmael SILVER, Alva, Florida
Ishmael SILVER, Alva, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being. <br /> - Antoine de Saint-Exupery


Can we unfold the mystery
of the human soul?
It is that rare bird that alights upon a branch,
makes you catch your breath
and beam at the surprise,
but with a sudden blink
it disappears.
If not for the image
imprinted on the eye,
was it ever really there?
Was it real?
For as you struggled
to imprison it in your memory
and grasp it in your mind,
it eluded you,
as surely as a ghostly recollection,
a lingering image from a dream without context,
reveling nothing.
For when you asked,
‘Are we the dreamers
or the dreamer’s dream?’
there was only
silence



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