The Key

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"The Key"


There is nothing worse than feeling that you are entirely alone in this existence. 
Some will embrace the isolation like a Godsend for a while, 
and that “while” will extend into years that straddle decades like a beautiful lover that you have become addicted to;

Some will bury the dead and walk away to save themselves
from the ceaseless haunting.

There is nothing worse than feeling that you are entirely alone in this existence.
When the crossroads touch your feet, you will be totally alone, this is a fact.
The practice in making perfect your existence, and yet not fully attaining it, 
is a necessary contradiction casting you like a stone across Life like an Ocean

crashing back into car wreck shores.
There are many roads
to write your story
Home.

Yes, there are many roads.
This is a fact. 
Yet, you park in idle fascination of the mundane.
très poétique.

The key, 
however, 
has been with you always.

Love 
in ignition,
unlocks all, 
starts everything;

this is your covert mission.
Shifting gears 
out of neutral.



Candide Diderot. ‘24







"Neutral gear isn't really a gear at all. It's the stage where no gear is engaged. Though cars with manual transmissions need neutral to start their car, many drivers with automatic transmissions are at a loss as to what exactly neutral "gear" is good for..."

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Date: 5/16/2024 10:30:00 AM
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