Midnight Dreams
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I stand,
Forest of fire around me.
Rain, rain go away.
I wait to be enveloped;
Go up in a pillar of smoke.
Take me away to a better place.
Lights racing under my eyelids
My mind racing
It wants to burst out
This feeling. Overwhelming. Exciting.
I close my eyes. I look inside.
Emptiness is beauty.
Nothing and everything; both at once.
I open my eyes
Reality seeps back in.
My mind still racing.
When did my head get so cramped?
Time spreads itself out on a
Vast endless sea.
I fly overhead.
I float in the water.
I sink to the depths.





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