Pain and darkness have been our lot since the Fall of Man. But there must be some hope that we can rise to a higher level ... that consciousness can evolve to a plane more benevolent than its counterpoint of a universe hardwired to indifference.
from __he Unquarried Blue of Those Depths Is All But Blinding,_ There are some things we just don__ talk about__ot even in the morning, when we__e waking,When your calloused fingers tentatively walkThe slope of my waist: How love__ a rust-worn boat,Abandoned at the dock__nd who could doubtWaves lick their teeth, eyeing its hull? We__e takingOur wreckage as a promise, so we don__ talk.We wet the tired oars, tide drawing us out.
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from __he Unquarried Blue of Those Depths Is All But Blinding,_ There are some things we just don__ talk about__ot even in the morning, when we__e waking,When your calloused fingers tentatively walkThe slope of my waist: How love__ a rust-worn boat,Abandoned at the dock__nd who could doubtWaves lick their teeth, eyeing its hull? We__e takingOur wreckage as a promise, so we don__ talk.We wet the tired oars, tide drawing us out.
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