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Fading Dreams

Wallace Dean LaBenne

Every night I fly with you in prismatic skies.
Lately you evaporate into binding ties.

Every night I walk with you in dynamic strides.
Lately you evaporate into ebbing tides.

Every night I speak with you in empathic voice.
Lately you evaporate into failing choice.

Every night I drink with you in romantic haunts.
Lately you evaporate into gibing taunts.

Every night I sing with you in harmonic tones.
Lately you evaporate into paling drones.

Every night I dance with you in quixotic moves.
Lately you evaporate into jarring grooves.

Every night I sail with you in fantastic seas.
Lately you evaporate into dumping lees.

Every night I look with you in dramatic gleams.
Lately you evaporate into fading dreams.

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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on April 19, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 694
Words 120
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
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