THE TEMPERED KEEPING OF A DREAM

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omewhere in a far off fairy tale like place

there is a man who quietly even if unseeingly stares

me in the face

and even without knowing it

he so patiently waits

and what exactly he thinks I am yet to be sure but he

all too obviously knows to just what this equates

a love somewhat pale in this measured moment and so

like the wings of a fledgling bird yet to be fully tried

but by one point in its secret favor alone

an eager expectation  grows

from mere emergence into my Lily like life

that before to me was denied by pride

precedence takes no part in this series of unpredictable shows

frequent are the believers who see love as a pure force

laid confidently within the hands of the conquering all

I see such path as an uneven gravelly one though necessary

for many to take

the steps seeming overly numerous but more so small

yet with a large promising margin for profit it stands

larger than life in many a (wo)man's wake

including perhaps my very own

what a wonderful idea it must seem

these feelings to one day hopefully double or clone.....

(written May , 1993 am)

Author's Notes/Comments: 

written for Bart in Florida when he confessed he really liked me.

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