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SEVEN DREAMS: A Sestina

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SEVEN DREAMS
DON'T NEED YOU
HOW IT FEELS TO BE UNATHLETIC ME
THE UNBEATABLE PAIN
THE TOURNAMENT
A DAY IN THE LIFE
PERFECTION?

A backdrop of stars

Shines through the icy cold

Icicles begin to break

The tremor of being alone

And again rising into the sun

Clutching at our weary hearts

 

These times are torn by greedy hearts

I've lost everything as light wanes in stars

Blinded by the sun

Yet shaking with aching cold

Am I all alone

I never know when all will break

 

The life I live is too fragile, too easy to break

If shattered too fast it will break all our hearts

Even in solitude I cant be alone

Now on the horizon appear no stars

Not on a night like this so cold

But darkness brings relief from the sun

 

I think Ive fallen from the sun

Falling down, ready for the break

That will never come when everybodys so cold

Attitudes of poison sting our hearts

Counting the innumerable stars

Makes us feel less alone

 

But in the grey rain of the day I feel all alone

This haze that blocks the sun

This fog that shields the stars

Know that I will never fully break

Until the sky falls through our hearts

Taking us out of the cold

 

Rubbed against the sting of the winter cold

The landscape sits all alone

Uncomforted by ruthless hearts

But fighting back, I stand in dying light of the sun

The blue hue of the sky will break

And again I can almost touch the stars

 

Night of shooting stars, a miracle stands alone

The wind is so cold, relieved by our sun

The world starts to break, and away sail our hearts

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NOTES: I tried to revise this piece to make it more continuous and easy to understand. I know this wasn't one of the best grades for a work I received, but it is still my favorite of anything I wrote all term. I hope I made it better.