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IF
GOD GIVES ME DREAMS OVER THERE…
By
Daniel Amarilio
If
God gives me dreams over there
I would like to dream I have been born as an old man
And every passing year makes me younger.
And my youth is enriched with the wisdom of old age.
If God gives me dreams over there
I would like to see myself in eternity
Pure as babies and children’s souls
With precious faces and hearts
I’ll be close to them for eternity
Far away from the dirty waves of life-
Close to the souls of my dear relatives
And I will tell them how truly I love them
Not to hate myself some day
If God gives me dreams over there
I would not cry without tears
I will long for warm embraces
Of my distant, so close
If God gives me dreams over there
I would not dream
The reality is a dream
I will beg the Lord God
To be merciful, to keep the Earth motionless
This Earth-so heavy with evil.
I will beg Him not to destroy us with motion
Deprived of His image
Which once was ours
If God gives me dreams over there
I will only see the reality
I will sink in it, to help
The reality isn’t me
The reality isn’t you
The reality isn’t them also
It is only what we see
Or what we don’t want to see
So close and so far
If God gives me dreams over there
I will remove my shell
I will starve to understand what is to feel hunger
A skeleton with big sad eyes
A world so confused, doubled-faced and cruel
Begging God to be merciful
Daniel
Amarilio
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