Category: Odyssey

A Moment

A moment. All our life we thirsted, But never knew it, For it was all we ever knew. But in a moment… A cup was lifted to our lips – We drank the sweet liquid… And in a moment, All the pain of all the years Stood out like a blistering spire Against the peace…

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Bonfire

Why do we sing? Why do we laugh? Why do we look for significance? Why do we hope? Why do we need life to mean something? Why do we care? A distant orange glow dances among the trees. I found it against the backdrop of my own night; Crackling and burning within the midst Of…

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Carry Me Back Home

My earliest memories are of feeling it. I had no words for it, but it made me stop in my tracks. A four year old rarely knows how to describe what he is feeling, but sometimes what he feels freezes him. There inside me was something powerful. I looked around… looked up into the sky. And…

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