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This Beautiful Illusion...

was made for you and me.

By Lamar WigginsPublished about a year ago • Updated about a year ago • 1 min read
Top Story - June 2025
This Beautiful Illusion...
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reaching without

hands

running without

strength

talking to the sun

without

words...

I wander

without

direction

or cause

or purpose

I float with

atmospheric

ease,

weaving through

motionless

objects

in a sky

without clouds...

a halo

calls

my name,

shouts to

my soul,

energizes

the

amphitheater

of grandeur

resulting

from an

interpretive

dance of

thought...

I feel

robust

I feel

significant

I feel alive...

I drink

the essence of

appreciation

until I'm

effervescing

with joy

I don't know

where I am

I don't care

where I am

it

all

feels

so

right...

like

visiting an old

friend

with renewed

zest and

zeal...

I open

my yawning

eyes

I stretch

the fading

memory as it

dwindles away

in the

creeping,

morning

light...

it was just a

dream...

a

beautiful

i l l u s i o n...

Dall E

A/N: This was the first time I awakened from a weird dream and began writing within 2 minutes. It felt like I had no choice in the matter.

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Lamar Wiggins

Creative writer having fun with words in the Northeast U.S.

Here you will find the paranormal, mystery, true crime, horror, humor, fantasy and poetry.

"Life is Love Experienced" -LW

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    Written by Lamar Wiggins