A passenger in eternity's crimson boat

A
Passenger
On
Eternity's Crimson
Boat.
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I feel
ThE
ClocK ticKing
iN
mY ThrOaT;

but
Time (that fiend!!)
shall
have no Part
of Me,..

as
A Passenger
on
Eternity's
Crimson
Boat!!

(where
each Soul
wanders
Their Own
Dream.)
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I
Smile
while Knowing
My
Heart
will
Break;

(from
Keeping
Truer
Faces
Behind
A Trembling
Veil.)

and
seldom have
I
Been
Awake!!!

(to
anything
but
Hell.)
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yet
Perhaps some
day
(from God's Machine)

I'll
tear the grim clock
from
My Throat?

and
Learn to Dream
some
Better Dreams
upon
This Crimson
Boat!
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regardless (Time)
you
shall not Have me;

(nor
will I ever
cease
to Grin.)

For
LOVE
is how
we
conquer
Tragedy!

(to
ensure
Hell
Never Wins.)

j.stephen.h.