Puzzle

My sister (Angel) gave me this puzzle when we were together, I liked it when she got it so after she did it she gave it to me to do... Notice the piece missing on the bottom. She had a note in a plastic bag showing me what the piece looked like and that it was missing on the 4th piece from the bottom on the edge. She also put all the edges in for me... some you wouldn't know were edges because the pieces are not aligned like some puzzles are... makes it more challanging I think. Well there was this poem on the back:

                             THE EMPERORS'S DREAM

"I had a vision," the Emperor said----

"Last night, it was as though my soul

Had shed me while I lay abed

And slipped beyond the mortal shoul

Down to the deeps of imagination

Where night-thoughts swirl in painted streams;

Down past the level of contemplation

Through the shadowy realm of dreams;

Into a place I'd never known----

A place where only peace could reign...

My soul would claim it for its own

And there, contented, would remain.

My soul eased down and rested there

And watched the butterflies at play,

Dancing in the scented air

By the lotus'lush display.

There was more, but suddenly

My soul was coming back again----

My soul was rushing back to me

Returning to the world of men!

I awoke still deep in thrall

My vision would not be denied---

It's true: what welove most of all

We carry with us deep inside.

We keep it hidden all the time

Securing it with self-made locks,

Yet still its's there--- the dream sublime---

A gem within a jewelry box."

                                               pat cadigan

Hope your having a nice day, Sandra