The Sixteenth Dream

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In a world not my own,

visions come to me of home.

Of a place I've never known, 

but still hold dear.

I see it in my head,

and in all the books I've read.

The message clearly said:

It is near

Yet I find it has been tainted,

by those whom I've aquainted

Even those that painted,

Painted in fear

Still I seek it out,

and I do not have a doubt 

That what it's all about

Is perfectly clear

It is a kingdom undescribed,

though many have lied

Some have even died

Just to hear

All the music played,

in those walls undecayed

However those that strayed

Disappear

Into darkness unrelenting,

violent and tormenting

Agonising yet preventing

Them to reappear

To that world quite splended,

to those they've offended

But they find it now defended,

By sword gun and spear.

What fools they were to flee,

they now rot in misery

A vast barren sea,

With no pier

While others point and mock,

of the fools trapped at the dock

Even though they'd flock

I'd shed a tear

That those now lost,

oh how they were tossed

For such a little cost

I cannot jeer

Though this city great and grand,

in all its elegance may stand

Those they repremand

Find it insincere

I think of this great city,

oh so tall and pretty

But it's not a pity

It's not here

For all its great splendor,

I would rather that they rendor

A people much more tender

That don't sneer

I dream about it distant,

though quite reminiscent

I doubt that I have missed it

Though I peer

To something I cannot see,

yet I think that it must be

Calling out for someone like me

To believe....

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