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A Womb of Darkness:

Now I am, while first I wasn't, Now I have become. From whence first I was, I now know I was not. I sent forth my whole being, My arms to reach out and grasp, My legs to stand or run fast. My head to ponder what I saw and heard. Leaving behind my torso which became a barren place, in need to share its empty space. A broken shell, discarded like a cicada's birthplace, a butterfly's cocoon. I grow within, from whence I was first broken. During shattering death, it knew no life to be within its womb. The long ascent, my birth coincides with my end. Light and dark, Alpha and Omega, All colors in the spectrum, There is no white or black. People are so blind to where they stem from. Leaving the children of the light also blind! And so the light is obscured from understanding, so close at hand, but still not seen. Light is coming, and when it does, it shall phase everything together. (In collaboration with Darren White)

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Date: 1/28/2017 6:51:00 AM
Excellent existential poetry from my two favorite mystics. Make us ponder, scratch our head ... at least I learned one thing, all this thinking is how I probably started balding, I'm afraid. Cool collab, very cerebral poem, Darren and WW. Love to you both always.
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White Wolf
Date: 1/28/2017 7:18:00 AM
Thanks again, RW /|\
Date: 1/9/2017 7:00:00 AM
Another great collaboration. The darkness of this poses questions that will come out in the light. A bit dreary and shadowed but so well dome. Congrats to both of you.
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Darren White
Date: 1/11/2017 6:54:00 AM
It seems a sort of Big Bang theory, doesn't it :)
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White Wolf
Date: 1/10/2017 5:47:00 PM
It's our Big Bang Theory! Haha /|\
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White Wolf
Date: 1/10/2017 4:52:00 PM
Thanks, Chris /|\

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