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Distant Summons

December 15, 2009
By ElizabethW. DIAMOND, Oconto, Wisconsin
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I lay here in my thoughts
Listening to the distant summons
Of their reality.

© Louise T., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
This haiku is about how sometimes we can just lose ourselves in our own little worlds inside our heads. And sometimes, it seems better there.
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eileentotheleft BRONZE said...
on Feb. 3 2011 at 1:42 pm
eileentotheleft BRONZE, Los Alamos, New Mexico
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I really love this. Such a true statement.