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  Perennial Attraction

  

  By sgtpepperx3, Brick, NJ

  A perennial attraction's of a dangerous sort, The worst of any kind, Though danger lies in every facet. Is it in the Heart? The Mind? The Blood? The Pulse? And the leaves fall dead yet again, Only to breathe on spring's next Coming....
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  The Phantom

  

  By sgtpepperx3, Brick, NJ

  Every night I fall asleep In arms my mind has wrought. I rest with one that for weeks I've neither seen nor sought. He's there while I slumber, yet Upon waking he is gone. I curl among cold lonely sheets: "Until tonight I'll be alone."...
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  Mystic Eyes

  

  By sgtpepperx3, Brick, NJ

  With mystic eyes we regard The love that once held entranced Passing by, but lingering there, Since we never took the chance. Let the bird fly, without teaching him life Or how to find his way. You can't entrap words once uttered Can't get back what we pay. The price is great, the punish...
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  The Dream Isn't Dead

  

  By sgtpepperx3, Brick, NJ

  The dream isn’t dead Though I’ve seen it take flight It spread its great wings And disappeared into night I watched it go, bidding good-bye But I would see it again I know I would try Such fantastic illusion, an amazing sight Sparkling amber, green, and gold I kissed the wings and hel...
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  The Sunlight Lament

  

  By sgtpepperx3, Brick, NJ

  He is the sweet sunshine that warms my face The summer light that shows its grace The passing cloud that throws its comfortable shade The chivalrous knight for whom no debt need be repaid Arms always open, smile always wide His affections I will never be denied He’s the sun and the rain, lif...