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Ghosts I (Free verse) by timfowler
In the spotlight of a crisis
uncertain of the scars
of a score of collisions
in a score of bars.
Truth, it seems, is betrayed by dreams.
Betrayed by dreams:
Sad Columbine to play the Queen,
in Harlequin's Charade.
As rain on glass, in crystal drops
experience condenses in a moment's loss.
Wraithed in sorrows, long forgotten
I see a face out of childhood:
a face out of time;
a face out of answers;
a face with my eyes.
The face of an angel, turning to dust.
I lie on the sand
as the tide of convention
sweeps me away
into his arms.
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