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When dreams bleed


The punch remembered from then on

Looping round in endless song.

When dreams bleed they are funneled south

Blood still dripping from the mouth.

My heart cannot be wounded more,

I have taken all you had in store,

And rolled over into a newer sorrow,

Understanding this won’t end tomorrow.



There is sadness beneath your childhood bed,

Stored there, like the things unsaid.

But if you come to me at night

I will give you a lamp to light

And point you to a spot secure,

Down here amidst the other poor.

Who will welcome you like a long lost brother

Although at heart, you’ll remain the other.


Brian Heffron
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