A lovely literary lament, Robin. I see your use of mostly hard consonants, softened by dreamier soft syllables, as a delicate hand. And, in the ending line, hardness, without hope.
Farhad Shirazi, a three star general of the ex-Shah's army who has been hiding in Iran for nine years,needs to escape From Ayatollah Khomeini's Iran or face capture and execution by the revolutionary guards...
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Susan
Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen
"Sunset of a Dream" flows leaving a sad-wise foam on the waves of the sea of hope.
~ I would think that they become humus to nourish the tree of dreams.
I salute You, Poet.
In gratitude and in admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU