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It may be day or night

I can't tell

Shapes take on faint forms

Never manifesting fully

Light and life seem distant

Like faraway stars

Present as an afterthought

In the pale dark

Distant voices call

From behind translucent walls

Reaching out to strip the senses bare

As if all that we knew disappeared

Light fills our eyes for finite time

Our souls in bloom

A fleeting moment of lucidity that fades

All too soon

A vacant panorama

Grows vivid for an instant

Blink and you'll miss it

Claw at the scenes

Stumble off the edge of a dream

(A dream beyond belief)

Distant voices call

From behind translucent walls

To the world, we open up our eyes

Only to close them again in due time

Light fills our eyes for finite time

Our souls in bloom

A fleeting moment of lucidity that fades

All too soon

Unbelievable clarity

Elusive as wind-up wings

(Flying beneath the veil)

Beneath the veil of all we see

Light fills our eyes for finite time

Our souls in bloom

We reach towards the sky

Then wither and decay

All too soon