“Hopes and Dreams” (poem)

Poem dated 9/28/2022–

Hopes and Dreams

by Noah Gallagher

Dreams are crushable,
Smashable,
bashable,
Flammable and killable
Yet forever rectifiable.
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Hopes and dreams can never die forever;
The heart’s desires are tattooed bruises
The goals you seek are mired mirages.
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Hopes are breakable,
Beatable,
Flushable,
Balloons so destructible
Yet forever reinflatable.
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A hope is a curse your heart takes
And a dream is a bottle your belly craves
Hopes and dreams can never die forever.

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