James B. Earley - A Dream...Deferred.........Perhaps

Is happiness...an illusion
...On the wings of time
Sought...and pursued...
Though impossible..to find

....That infinite mirage
One....cannot clasp...
An elusive...emotion
Beyond....the grasp

A fleeting...apparition
.....Or...does it exist...
Some cruel hoax of nature
.....Or a spiritual....twist

Whatever......the answer
.....Satisfaction....I take
In that measure..of comfort...
Only contentment...can make

James B. Earley

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