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Beyond Sunset's Edge

Story ID:286
Written by:Darrell Lindsey
Story type:Poem
Location:Nacogdoches Texas USA
Year:1964
Person:mother



Deep in sleep, sometimes I soar
over trees and houses by
simply raising my arms.
I have no fear of falling from the sky,
for I can land anywhere, anytime-
as gracefully as a butterfly.
In those dreams,I'm transcending something--
but how am I to know exactly what?

If I could translate slumber's symbolism,
maybe I could change my future
or at least learn how to lean into it better.
Soon, no doubt, I'll get another chance
to drift off and land in some field of clover
that lies just beyond sunset's edge.
If you can leave the world for awhile,
meet me there--
the only wings you need are in your mind.
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