Reality

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Are you real?

Or someone from a dream?

Dimly glimpsed - a shadow in the mist.

An echo of my soul appearing on a screen

Like some modern-day ghost in my machine.

I’ve been empty so long, covering many a lonely mile,

hurt so bad that I forgot how to smile.

Then you were there - A harbor light promising haven to me,

long lost on a storm tossed sea.

A friend, a love, a trust to share,

Can you exist anywhere -

But in my dreams?

Terrified of what I’m feeling,

terrified not to try,

Terrified to hope.

For if you’re a dream, then I don’t want to wake

and if you’re reality, I have no need to dream.

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