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The Traveler and the Staff
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The Traveler and the Staff |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
You who would be a Traveler-- How well have you looked to your Staff? How intimate your heart with its Genesis? Do you know of its Provenance? For to know the Beginning is to discover the Path into the Future. There is but One Truth here, Virgin Walker some have called it Trust. It lays painstakingly ingrained in the twisted windings of this Wood. It knows the First, that for good or ill-- it knows the Provider - read this in its Rings-- it knows the Shaper - for it has submitted-- it knows the Finder - for do you not hold it now? And now sense its eagerness to know the Wielder whether upon the sloping deck of an outbound ship tossed by the wildest of an ocean's storm; whether upon soft or harsh lands on an unknown world, in the mazes of artificial cities where death holds sway or wandering alone, frightened and free in endless wildernesses under sun, moon and storm. It aches to touch the Ever-Stone of high mountains or slip into the desert's Slithering Sands. It longs for the grip upon its handle whether strong or weak; defending life when oppressed; upholding the tired body at the end of the day; propping up the sagging legs on the endless Journey. Have you learned all of this now O bright-eyed and foolish Virgin Walker? And how could you? For only upon the Return can anyone know. Only the One who returns can ever understand. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Your thoughts always glow with the light of a special knowledge and understanding, WW. Ida |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
"For only upon the Return can anyone know. Only the One who returns can ever understand." ~ I believe that you are one who has returned many times and has learned and gained in understanding, with each return.  As always, a poetic, soul-expanding penning. Love & the Eternal Light, EA  |
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XGarapanX Senior Member
since 2008-06-19
Posts 1435Antarctica |
Your writing reminds me of a former poet/friend with a similar Forum name who always has such sage, sane and sober insights which supply a constant source of soul food to grow by. Wonderful! ·´~`·»Garapan«·´~`· |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
a most fine 'write!' I am grandly fond of: "And now sense its eagerness to know the Wielder whether upon the sloping deck of an outbound ship tossed by the wildest of an ocean's storm; whether upon soft or harsh lands on an unknown world, in the mazes of artificial cities where death holds sway or wandering alone, frightened and free in endless wildernesses under sun, moon and storm." serious and sustained applause for this 'penning!' |
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