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Dreams Bungled

Posted by Kelly Omodia on 1/21/2006 9:57:18 PM |

Written by: Kelly Omodia


 


I could have followed your prints
and carved out a name in gold.
I could have sung your praise
and heard the chorus of cherubs
reverberate their tone in celestial magic.

Now I chose a path that echoes
the rhythms of promises dammed
by a hope built in clouds.

I dig deep in sand.
I follow the rabbits to their
hidden place from the hawks
whose wings of shield
have become the claws of steel.