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A poem

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Crystal Jackson
Mar 30, 2023
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A poem

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Would you like to know the dream I dreamed for us?
Back when I thought a future was to be
When every time I looked into your eyes
Sandcastles built themselves of all that I could see
Before I knew you weren’t dreaming of me
Before I knew we’d lose ourselves like sand
Pulled by water away from solid land
How long I flound…

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