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THE DREAM THAT CRACKED A WHIP, by                    
First Line: Dream / you are too much
Last Line: For this frail strength.
Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares


Dream,
You are too much
For this frail strength.
How can I make you
Less a dream?

Once I thought that dreams
Were fragile as the velvet dust
Upon the wings of moths.
But you are strong;
You lash unmercifully!

Perhaps I am too small
For this great dream;
And,
Failing to bring it into
Conscious being --
Will ever bear its scar.

This dream, unrealized,
Unsung,
Will take its vengeance
Crying for expression.

Dream,
How can I make you
Less a dream?
Be reality,
Or vanish into
Nebulous nothingness.

You are too much
For this frail strength.





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