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And so it was that I told my affections the one truth That mine is the faith of cynicism A faith cold and without compassion of another to aid me It is a faith that is not necessarily for others And yet it is one that has served me true and well for so long Faithfully Has it guided me into the shadows and brought me back Back into the light once more Back from where souls are barren And the land is unforgiven and so many go unredeemed Where so many never know the kiss of redemption It brought me back into the world in which you live Where it is full of lush wonders And it lives all around you And such is its beauty that it binds me with every breath And it sings to me with a wrenching lyric So I forget all my aching desires and lacerations Of my world where Sorrow rules and Pain is a dark and faded Mistress With laughter unseen and smiles unheard And where I am alone Like the many others all around me All the empty shells Of the void” I fell into a well of silence then Neither was the Angel inclined to break the stillness And together we two Sat with quiet contemplation And for a time the sky grew light towards dawn Though the sun did not yet shine Nor did the moon set And the fading remained steadfast Heavy upon us both But again I found within me a need to speak So I turned to her But she was faster and broke the silence first She placed a gentle hand upon my shoulder And then her head upon her hand So comforting a gesture Thus she spoke “Tell me why, oh why With your lacking faith and great bitterness How is it you can find the strength to go on With such sorrows of the world so heavy upon your soul That your heart breaks with each parting And your mind cries to be heard By the one, the only one Tell me why, oh why You continue on And you never summon the Sorrow To take your hand in his?”
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