Dreaming Out Loud
By Ashley O’Hare
Down by the river
through the thicket of trees
lays a thousand flowers
and a hundred happy bees.
Two high school sweethearts
sat under the clouds
praying for peace;
dreaming out loud.
They sat through the summer,
visited through the fall;
sporadically checking if dreams
could come true and save us all.
Without any evidence,
they held on to hope.
They kept on climbing
to the end of the rope.
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