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Labyrinth and Oak

                                                                  

As he paced the infinite labyrinth of his intricate psyche,

Scattering the brittle leaves of his old age,

Meditating upon the sad state of his anonymity,

 

A revelation came sifting up into his atmospheric eyes,

As if from a history buried, millions of years, in his misty past

Or from the crumbs of leaves crunching under his bare feet,

 

A sign, an insight, an epiphany, an open gate

Beckoning his spirit to follow a path leading from the labyrinth,

Toward a forest whose flora wore green crowns —

 

An arboretum teeming with sweet fragrances of eternal spring,

A retreat suppleness owned, brittleness had never visited.

And in that moment, hope transformed his doleful soul.

 

His heart was reborn, in the rings of a giant oak tree

Growing in the courtyard of a labyrinth his bare feet would pace

Without scattering the ever-after leaves of his verdant journey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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