In the End, the World Will Break My Heart

Poem By Lesley Rogers Hobbs

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I dreamed my dream home
before I understood.
There remains nothing now –
a rubbish heap of discarded plans
and peeling wallpaper.

Could I turn the world upside down,
sail a boat backwards
across oceans to a village
with three pubs and a house
at the edge of a bog?

A dream is the offspring
of love or perhaps of faith
in something true.
And then, like leaves in autumn
it floats to the ground.

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Lesley Rogers Hobbs (she/her) is an Irish poet and artist living in the Pacific Northwest (US) with her husband and service dog. She loves popcorn, sunshine, Pink Floyd, and the ocean. Her poetry has been published by The Ekphrastic Review and Open Door Poetry. She’s upcoming in The Hyacinth Review. You can learn more about Lesley at lesleyrogershobbs.com