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This year, I set myself the foolish task of trying to write something every day, and what you see here is the result. None of this is finished, polished, or in any way good. It's usually a few lines at the end of the day when I'm tired, my head's broken, and this nonsense spills out of it onto the page. Feel free to comment away, and if you think anything has any potential then let me know and I might have a go at working on it further.

But hang on, where's the first month? You've ripped us off! I hear you say... Well, yes. I have been writing since the beginning of January, but it's taken me a while to get the blog up, so everything here is a month old.

Saturday, 27 February 2016

The broken dream

At last the creaking cradle rests
And thoughts of sleep crack through me
Welcoming whatever dreams await
I lay my head and offer prayers.
In sleep, the visions find me.
Alighting on a bright stair,
I see arrayed about me
Figures of winged angels
In flight, at work, talking, reading,
Looking over me as I pass upward
Toward the light.
I am compelled. I rise.
Every step a league further.
The journey lasts forever,
But the end is always nearer than last I looked.
And then, as the light grows hot,
As the final stair approaches,
The distant cry of a child brings me back.
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