So says the dream

From within the heartache overspills

and cuts grooves within contentment

to make of volcanoes matchbox toys

lined up for keen inspection

for nought can equal or outmatch

the energetic free-fall force

of a woman’s tears.

But pooled within and confined

behind barriers of maturity

they call forth a brighter, hotter, sun

into the deep interior

where it shrivels heart to matchstick parts

before the moon is nigh.

And sadly earth’s the counterpart

of all the matchstick men/women

weeping, keeping, negativity

as fuel for the fire

of earth’s will to die.

So says the dream that never reveals

how to be joyful in sorrow!

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