[Piemonedmow]

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\"You speak of love and long, lost dreams,\"
the wise man said to me,
\"But love\'s not always what it seems.\"
I stood by quietly.

\"For love and dreams are separate.\"
He sat, and scratched his chin.
\"To love, but not be loved, I know,
you feel is quite a sin.\"

\"These dreams of love have always been,
and now this one\'s for you.
A dream of love is long and lost,
and I have known it, too.\"

\"I know you\'ll think about this dream
at least once every day.
The day you don\'t, you\'ll be a man,
and have wise things to say.\"

He looked at me, then looked away,
and tears formed in his eyes.
At times the wisdom must come fast --
I didn\'t ask him why.

\"You speak of love and long, lost dreams.\"
The boy looked up at me.
\"But love\'s not always what it seems.\"
[i]He stood by quietly.


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