Listen! there is peace
Setting in the wake of unrest
Which cost me the loss
Of all those dreams
That were in progress-
But they were drifting
Farther out to the sea
And each day,
I saw less of reality...

I abandoned those dreams
But I stayed afloat
While the water of hope
Took no opposition
To the rocking waves
And I learned the pleasure
Of letting go
The struggle for control,
As result,
I was free to move...

I thought I saw those dreams
Floating back to me once again,
As if to say, simply,
They would leave their way
With or without me-
But they would still exist
Because I gave them
Substance and life
All of their own!


Romeo Della Valle
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New York City

Romeo Della Valle

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