“Dreams Within”
By Ashley O’Hare
206 bones
beneath my skin
long to understand
the science of within–
Why my body longs
for a location on a map
that my eyes have yet to see–
my mind is too worn to speculate.
If my brain
could find a way to manipulate
my beating heart,
perhaps my future could be projected.
These dreams
should have disappeared
with my childhood.
These hopes
should have faded
with the morning stars.
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