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Dream State

April 4, 2013
By Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot;<br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /> <br /> &quot;I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.&quot;<br /> John Green

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Sleep deprived
But still in a dream.
The nightmare awaits
Lingering for me.

The forest is alert
And so am I.
Gazing up at the sky
Waiting for my time.

Always in solitude
But it never shows.
I’m caged in the dream
That never lets go.

Seeking to evade fatigue
Or waiting for it to rest.
Don’t know what I want;
Dreams only live to infest.

Still in a dream state,
Gasping for light.

I can feel the tension,
Like wildfire.
But who lights it on me-
Myself
Or something else?

© Chelsea G., Farmington, MN

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Life can feel like a dream within a dream
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BlackbeltJames GOLD said...
on Jun. 2 2013 at 4:28 pm
BlackbeltJames GOLD, Reading, Other
14 articles 0 photos 193 comments

Favorite Quote:
Isaac Asimov - &quot;Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.&rdquo;

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Very clever; the concept and writting of it can be confusing, but it is well written and an intriguing poem :)
roseycub BRONZE said...
on May. 16 2013 at 7:57 pm
roseycub BRONZE, Cave Creek, Arizona
3 articles 4 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I fall in love with souls, not faces.&quot;

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So great.  
Hanban12 ELITE said...
on May. 13 2013 at 5:49 pm
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
133 articles 7 photos 631 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot;<br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /> <br /> &quot;I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.&quot;<br /> John Green

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Thank u so much :P
laurengerhard SILVER said...
on May. 12 2013 at 8:50 pm
laurengerhard SILVER, South Windsor, Connecticut
8 articles 0 photos 124 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am gone quite mad with the knowledge of accepting the overwhelming number of things I can never know, places I can never go, and people I can never be.&quot; -Sylvia Plath

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Phenomenal. Goob job.
Hanban12 ELITE said...
on Apr. 16 2013 at 8:57 am
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot;<br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /> <br /> &quot;I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.&quot;<br /> John Green

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Haha, thank u so much :P
Alex_Writer GOLD said...
on Apr. 16 2013 at 8:56 am
Alex_Writer GOLD, West Palm Beach, Florida
18 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.&quot; ~Eleanor Roosevelt

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I know what you mean when you wrote this.  I also loved how you made it have a ryhme but also  there wasn't. 
Fallen_ PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 15 2013 at 4:49 pm
Fallen_ PLATINUM, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
&quot; a shattered world is only an opening into a new beginning with laughs, smiles, and love all around enter the world of the light and away from the broken darkness&quot;

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It was great, and i toataly know the feeling of feeling your living  a dream that never ends it makes you want to re-read it a million times