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Journey Into Dust
By gaunt house shells gathered,
For gaudy facades long awaited.
No more football boots there to lace,
Nor eager feet between cow pats pace.
Cattle gone from fields no longer over,
A harvest now of houses most does cover.
A line of mighty beeches are left in one space,
Brambles and berries gone from all the place.
Into the dust on concrete gathered,
Footfalls slow and dreamy treaded.
Dark earth gone without a trace,
Across a no man’s land I set my face.
Imagined journey through shifting sand,
No destination was known to be at hand.
Dust devils filled the mark of each pace
And erase all sign of the path I did grace.
This youthful dream-time journey into dust.
Forewarned of a journey that is a must.
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A splendid poem, Gion, Liked it.
Imagined journey through shifting sand,
No destination was known to be at hand.
Dust devils filled the mark of each pace
And erase all sign of the path I did grace.
This youthful dream-time journey into dust.
Forewarned of a journey that is a must.
Beautiful lines. Seem to hint at the eventual and final journey all must undertake – from dust to dust. Superb!
Gion a mind blowing superb poem! These liens are simply brilliant :
This youthful dream-time journey into dust.
Forewarned of a journey that is a must.

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Imagined journey through shifting sand,
loved it
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