Dream Redemption

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There was nowhere to go

Nothing to be done

And so little that needed to be said

But for the first time in a long time, he looked at me without pain

It was just me for who I am

And him,

Without a thousand pieces of shattered glass

From my drinking and driving through his life

He said this is the first time I looked available

He meant

It was the first time I didn't look dangerous

The first time he could believe the words I offered him

Even a little

I said no words

I just smiled and surveyed his face

The way you would a piece of artwork

It is beautiful,

But it is not yours

It demands so much of your attention than there is time in the day

So you do your best to keep some of the magic with you

And you walk away

He looked at me as if he managed to find a way back to himself

And I felt a sort of peace,

But then I looked at my ceiling and realized

It was all a dream

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