I was given the challenge of writing a poem in 10 minutes, the subject being firefly and dreams. The dreams are there, but I needed closer to 30 mins. And the poem needs some polishing, as this is the original first draft and a bit rough. I am quite aware of its flaws. ;)

ConCrit is welcome, as this has not seen a beta.

Enjoy anyway. :)

(And I'll never get the hang of formatting this so it looks good on here. :P bear with me, miracles do happen)

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A little starship,

all shine and rust,

leaving behind atmo's dust;

inside sleep travelers nine.

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One dreams of guns,

of Dinos another,

Strawberries for one,

and one of being a mother.

***

one dreams are filled with secret sorrow,

another one dreams of one more tomorrow.

one has regrets of not being there,

and ones dreams are filled with voices everywhere.

***

And one dreams of burdens not light,

of hardship and violence and finances tight;

of cheatings and beatings and eaten alive;

too many worries don't make a good night.

***

The ship moves on, she has no care;

but that all her loved ones are there.

three over here, two over there,

three more in their bunks down there.

***

She sails on; suns shine bright,

and even if not all in the 'verse is all right:

(and to say otherwise would be lying;)

Serenity's still shiny and she's still flying!