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Apparition
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The mind does play tricks.


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One day a man found himself walking in the sun, smiling,
Thinking happiness that had eluded him for so long had been found.
They laughed and played,
For hours they gazed at each other with loving eyes,
Not feeling the need for words.
Heart exposed again,
Hoping not to be stabbed and left bleeding.
Then one morning he awoke,
Only to realize it was just a dream.
And yet it seemed so real,
The feelings, the touch, ethereal in so many ways.
But, yet as he became fully awake,
He realized it was not a dream,
But just an apparition of his own making.

©2013 Walt Hardester

   

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 Reviews of "Apparition"
Reviewed by Susan de Vegter
Reviewed on August 23, 2013
There is an angel on your shoulder so keep listening.
Love,
Susan

Reviewed by pat medlin
Reviewed on August 18, 2013
this took us on a most compelling look around vulnerable chinks in the armor we sometime build around our heart...a difficult thing to do and you've expressed it so well here...neat ending, walt

Reviewed by Jon Willey
Reviewed on August 17, 2013
Walt, you have summed these situations, which have happened to most of us in reality, with just the right degree of starkness. The line between reality and imagination is a blended line, taunting our sensibilities. I wish you love and peace my dear friend. Jon Michael

Reviewed by Teresa Ariail
Reviewed on August 17, 2013
Very nice, Walt. I might remove "almost" where it appears before "ethereal", but of course, you might not. It's very evocative. -Teresa

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on August 17, 2013
I like the story within the poem. The hope expressed and the realization.

On the humorous side, it was either a smokornado, mistornado or a fogornado that eluded him. ;-)

Ron


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