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Only You Can Draw the Map

Only you can draw the map
Without contours the uncharted
Ocean of surprise you need to
Buoy your flagging dream
Let it O! Let it arise
Serene on the crest
Of morning: the
Subsiding
Fury of
Your
Self.

Christopher M. Swan 2008
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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