“Sunset Fantasy”

You said
You often fantasize
About riding off
Into the sunset
But I don't
I know
Because I've seen the stars
Instead I chase sunsets
Across the miles
While shaking my way
On wings of retreat
You said
You often fantasize
About riding off
Into the sunset
But I don't
My fantasies are enveloped
In wee circles of time
Carefully carved from a lesser whole
You polish’ them
Into gleaming amulet
That I hang around my neck
On a chain of desire
You said
You often fantasize
About riding off
Into the sunset
But I don't
I say happily ever after
Only ends children' fairy tales
And your content to be
The vessel at the end
Of the rainbow
From which I can borrow
At high rates of interest
You said
You wind up disappointed
When the sunset becomes
The dawn of reality
But I'm not
I always figured
If I reached the sunset
I'd get burned
You said
You often fantasize
About riding off
Into the sunset
But I didn't

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