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lost dreams (Free verse) by dylansong
And old time writer
Drinking the night away
It???s been years since the voices have been heard
Only voices jack and caption Morgan
Pacing back and fourth, trying to get the mind going
Tapping a pen, hoping something might spill out
Filling up the glass, another round of rum
Seems to be the only thing that???s working
Where does it all go
All the fame and magic
One day ideas flowing
Now all but gone forever,
All that was great, lost forever
Nothing to go on but the past
Trying to become what he was
No way out, he is what he has become
Staring in the mirror, and image frozen in time
Not sure if it was yesterday or today
What has become of that great young writer?
Surely this old man staring back can't be me
Looking at an old time picture
The ghost of his youth laughing
Trying to capture that laughter now
Only a sigh and a tear can be heard now
Sitting in the dark, eyes wide open
Waiting, waiting, always waiting,
For his muse that has gone missing
Trying to communicate to something, other than this world
All his thoughts wondering
Of what is and is not
Nothing coming or going
Is there some place other than here
All night long sitting in a stupor
The hours going faster and faster
Nothing to prove or to show
Blank pages taunting and laughing
Night turning today, day to turning to night
The day dreams turning into nightmares
The cycle of madness never ending
Every day starting over and over
Time is passing by him
Jim and jack still talking
All the nonsense getting nowhere
Only if the muse would show
Oh the treasure was his
To have the touch of gold
To have it turn to the touch of dust
The ironic twist of humankind
All the storms, not outside, but inside
Lighting up a cigar, watching the smoke dancing in the dark
Going through a tunnel no light in sight
Not sure anymore if its day or night
Use to know that friend of mine
The light behind the magic,
Thinking it was just I and nobody else
But knowing along whom the great one was
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