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# Dreams of the Mad and Broken-Hearted
- URL: https://www.vesperapress.com/dreams-of-the-mad-and-broken-hearted/
- Published: 2015-10-09T02:46:09.000Z
- Updated: 2015-10-09T02:46:09.000Z
- Author: Meri McGuire McConn
- Tags: Oceans of Mine, #Poetry, #Love and Relationships, #Philosophy and Truth

…And I can do it, too.

Maybe it is the forte of the dreamers,  
Like me, who have lived on the edges of reality since childhood,  
Who have lived on the fringes of friendship,  
Who have loved deeply and passionately  
Without obvious requite,  
To find the good in everything  
To forget the past that we do not enjoy  
To spin the darkness into light  
To live quite presently.

Perhaps it is the gift of the broken-hearted  
To love and love again,  
To find peace after a storm of tears,  
To give love throughout so many years.

And maybe it is the virtue of the mad  
To find freedom in everything  
We have the keys to unlock the doors  
That others see as nothing.

Yes, I am a dreamer  
And a lover, too;  
And I am broken,  
And I am mad  
And I am ever fond of you.