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In the final hour of the day,

Richard Barnes 1947 (Boulder, CO)

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In the final hour of the day,
The light beams across walls.
The light fades into things
this body does not know.
A trace of fading light
Before it dies sets free
Dreams of what was,
What could have been or
Will be, for self
Dreams, maybe only
A promise made to ourselves.

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Old age when all that is left is dreams.

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Written on August 23, 2023

Submitted by Barneyb on September 10, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGHIFJ
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 272
Words 58
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
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