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We are all asleep,
Drifting
On the vast and deep
Ocean of our souls.
Dreaming quiet,
Untroubled movie reels,
While our lives slip,
Unnoticed,
Underneath our keels.
We will not hear
The surge and draw
Our breakers make
On a distant shore,
Unless we awake,
And bend to the oar.