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Elsewhere

You are elsewhere, beyond where life is lived, deep in some cave of the head where only a faint glow of sunlight penetrates the dark and casts the images of your mind upon an inner wall. I call out to you but hear only your breath pause and then the sound of you digging deeper into the concealments of yourself, disappearing somewhere into the silence of childhood.

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Date: 2/20/2025 1:06:00 AM
An intense write Paul, kind of held my breath reading it. Something in the dark retains a lot of power. Wonderful to see you back x
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Paul Willason
Date: 2/21/2025 3:18:00 AM
Rather dark this one...found its way out. Good to be back and to be greeted by your comments. Always a welcomed visitation to my little world...treasured.
Date: 2/20/2025 12:55:00 AM
Paul so glad to see one of your poems here….l hope you are doing ok my friend? What a wonderful deep write as per usual which l love….not sure if l have the meaning correct….is it about the loss of a child? Debx
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Paul Willason
Date: 2/21/2025 3:12:00 AM
Good to be back....and to hear from you Deb...thanks. This poem went its own way and so probably has a few takes. Originally a comment on depression...we did lose a child so this may have surfaced also. Take care dear friend...

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