Plagued by Memories - Apr 18, 19

how long and sourly sobs the lonely heart depends on how grave the weight which grieves the tears pouring from the despondent spirit’s pores.— a witness, too, will know the surly sort of rain that beats down harshly on the court called Sorrow Drive.—sure seems like nothing cheers up the—nor nothing soothes the—nasty fears nesting in somber nooks.—no, only art comes close to curing spiritual sores.— but even it leaves quite untouched the cause.— able only to act as numbing gauze, art is the first of many guarded doors,— engraved on its threshold,—and colorfast—: “seek you now to enter your wounded past?”