Love Poem: An Illusion
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An Illusion

An Illusion
by Michael R. Burch 
 
The sky was as hushed as the breath of a bee
and the world was bathed in shades of palest gold
when I awoke.
 
She came to me with the sound of falling leaves
and the scent of new-mown grass;
 
I held out my arms to her and she passed
into oblivion ...
 
This little dream-poem appeared in my high school literary journal, the Lantern, so I was no older than 18 when I wrote it, probably younger. I will guess around age 16.