January dribbles - 15

Dreaming sometimes made him cry, seeing how long, wondering why the world would never change. He waved his hands up high, forgot to remember why it seemed strange. Would the world ever hear?

Dreaming sometimes made him cry. A stranger made the dreamer bleed and die; red tears black streaming.

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