surreal
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Silent tears rolled down the boy’s face. His father laid one hand on the boy’s shoulder, gentle but firm, the other pointing into the distance. “Where do I go?” the boy asked softly. “Where we all must go. The journey is long and dangerous. But you are ready.” “Why must I go alone?” “We are…
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A sea breeze blows carrying a sacred whisper. A voice recognizable muffled by the sound of tears falling silently. The loudest sound of all – the echo within a heart still beating with no purpose. A sea breeze blows. I give to it my last promise. Remember I am always here. Ever searching on the…
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When first I saw him, I was a young man, no more than twenty and three. He said she left me because of my past. Her future lay not with me. I asked for salvation, and he replied, “With me now you must surely stand.” He gave me a blade that I pressed to my…
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Those heady blossoms, I can see them now! Once, and only one more time, I lie down trusting as one who knows the summer’s day is in my heart again. How surely can one know how and when and where and why? Is it not the case that even angels fear to tread where hope…
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A tribute to Goethe. I dreamed I found the golden goblet of that ancient king. I turned it slowly in my hand and in my head did ring a voice I recognized as his, that dear and sacred ghost. He whispered softly, “Where is she, the one I love the most?” And then I saw…