Imagined Synonym Novels & Stories

Though I could not ever say, I guess my own soul knew, Yet kept its secret from myself, For my own good sake, To garner the kind of shelter, Illusion though it was, That I had an umbrella, In the coldest rain. For in that dreamy state, It could render the handle a wand, Create an entire house, A home with hearth and fire warm, Conjure sweetness from indifference, Both mirage and oasis, A dual sense of reality, Fashioned for survival,