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For When I Sleep I Do Not Rest

I exist but I’m not sure where, For when I sleep I dream of grandeur. I dream of all the beautiful things. Places I will never be, For they exist only in my mind. I exist but I’m not sure where- For when I wake I am tired, And what I have seen I cannot tell you. Stone waterfalls... Rich verdure. When I wake, Sometimes I think: I’ve been here before. Ah, no, for it was only in a dream! For when I sleep, I do not rest.

Fools Dance- my first poem since secondary school

I have not studied English Literature since GCSEs and it probably shows... Fools Dance I am a dancing fool And so are you I am me And you are too, But fools fight, They kill. And so I ask, From fool to fool, Why bother? Why do you choose foe over friend, When we are just A fool, Dancing. Dreaming. Deluding, That we are something different From the trees And the grass so green. They say money doesn’t grow on trees. Oh, but it could. Oh, but only if you believed! And at the end of the day, We are just playing pretend, In the illusion that is reality. Because really we are just A fool, Dancing. ~ End ~ 'Deluding, That we are something different From the trees And the grass so green.' This verse is me alluding to my belief is reincarnation. More specifically, I believe everything in nature is a mirror, for example, plant reproductive systems physically mirror animal genitalia. One can, through