As I Grew Older
I lie down in the shadow.
Slowly,
I have almost forgotten my dream.
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My dark hands!
But it was there then,
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As I Grew Older
My hands!
In front of me,
And then the wall rose,
Above me.
I am black.
Shadow.
Only the shadow.
Of sun!
To smash this night,
Only the thick wall.
Rose slowly,
Rose until it touched the sky--
It was a long time ago.
My dream.
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No longer the light of my dream before me,
Into a thousand whirling dreams
The wall.
Break through the wall!