However beautiful, No pebble on the beach. You were my touchstone. And yes, I have now smelt the perfume of the Gods. If only for precious moments Opened the gilded door And walked through. Set foot on hallowed ground, Taken refuge where my soul longed to be, In the sunlit meadow of my dreams. Bathed in love and...
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Learn MoreSometimes illuminations come to us From a past so long ago That to fathom them is a test. But, be they the narrowest, Most piercing of insights, Or the broadest Warmest of floods imaginable, Gather in the light as it comes. Tend it, Burnish your day whilst you can. For, in all the spaces in between, See how the devil gapes… And what space he has to do...
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