Paradise unseen

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In the realm of a fantastic dream,
We saw an idea of a utopia.
Agree did we in the waking world,
To seek that dream of euphoria.

Strive did we to reach that haven,
The heaven that was promised,
By us unto ourselves,
The world that we truly wished.

We made a world anew,
Of brick and steel and comfort.
We built walls,  bastions and castles,
To keep us safe, with much effort.

But when we lay in the waking world,
Weary from our toil and bare,
Only then did we realize, to our dismay,
That at our own prisons did we stare.

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