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A Poem by Marian Elizabeth

Expected I was to dream

Of whimsical dandelions

Marrying adventurous winds.

Instead I dared dream a dream

Where desperate eyes meet

Death’s permanent wound on life;

Pupils bitterly indulging

In a last instant of wonder

Before his scythe cuts the light. 

© 2017 Marian Elizabeth


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Added on May 23, 2017
Last Updated on May 23, 2017
Tags: dream, failed expectations, sadness

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Marian Elizabeth
Marian Elizabeth

Miami, FL



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I am a literature teacher and a writer. I write both prose and poetry, and I work with the themes of anorexia, feminism, nature, the vulnerability of beauty, depression, magic, melancholy, and Bohemia.. more..

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