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If reality were as strong as wishful memories
smiles would be handed all 'round the room-
life would be as grand as we imagine,
pushing back realities gloom.

But reality, being what is, (reality itself and all)
is not so compliant, darn it all-
so, we make due with what we have-
treasuring the now, not what could have been-
the reality of now, not the imagined then. [comments] => 4 [counter] => 120 [topic] => 44 [informant] => invierno [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Nostalgic ) Your Poetry Dot Com - If reality were as strong as wishful memories

If reality were as strong as wishful memories
Date: Tuesday, 2nd September 2014 @ 04:39:24 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: invierno

If reality were as strong as wishful memories
smiles would be handed all 'round the room-
life would be as grand as we imagine,
pushing back realities gloom.

But reality, being what is, (reality itself and all)
is not so compliant, darn it all-
so, we make due with what we have-
treasuring the now, not what could have been-
the reality of now, not the imagined then.

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