Every Dream
Every dream lost or forgotten ©
Copyright 1999, Douglas Decicco, 181 Dogwood Lane, South Windsor, CT
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Is a limb amputated and discarded
Leaving grotesques gaping wounds
That never triumph over infection.
Every word of desire not spoken
Is a sword passing across the soul
Leaving slices of love and hope out
To be taken by scavengers.
Every distracted intention
Is a moment to allow
Another run of razor wire across
The fence-top of a self-made prison.
Every compromised ideal
Is spittle in the face of those
Who sacrificed and suffered
To raise in bloody victory a golden thread.
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