The Edge


"The Edge"



Beneath the surface
freedom flows
above the watermark
secrets shared 
with the sky
only the ghost 
knows

conversations of a man 
on the edge of life

pondering ponds
the loud silent drowned pasts 
and baptismal rites
spiriting water memories
rippling an entire
Ocean 
home


(LadyLabyrinth / 2021)









"Any Other Name" 
https://youtu.be/-BYjEmmPoqM


"Any Other Name"/ Thomas Newman (Piano)
https://youtu.be/BixvfcN81Jw






“We are like islands in the sea, 
separate on the surface 
but connected in the deep.”


“Little islands are all large prisons; 
one cannot look at the sea 
without wishing 
for the wings of a swallow.”









watermark.

1.
a faint design made in some paper during manufacture that is visible when held against the light and typically identifies the maker.

2.
a mark indicating the height to which water has risen

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Date: 10/17/2021 5:46:00 PM
“Once it happened, as I lay awake at night, that I suddenly spoke in verses, in verses so beautiful and strange that I did not venture to think of writing them down, and then in the morning they vanished; and yet they lay hidden within me like the hard kernel within an old brittle husk.” Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf
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Date: 10/17/2021 5:51:00 PM
“Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul, then I am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.”
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Date: 10/17/2021 5:22:00 PM
"We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here now with the power to shape your day and your future."
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"One forgives to the degree that one loves."
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