Wishes Gathered (poem)
The wishes gathered there beyond the sea
Of things which were forgotten long ago
Among the myriads of were not so
Which dwelled within a heart too bound to see
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Too bound by empty fashions life would show
Too bound by other’s views of how to be
Too bound by fear of secrets told of me
That wishes were a dream he would forego
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And so he grew atop the world he knew
So proud of all that lingered in his sight
Reward he bought in all those bound by years
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But in some sea a raging storm was due
It struck upon the quiet of his night
As waves of wishes reapeared as tears