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‘Oh! The banner of raw meat on the silk of seas and arctic
flowers; (they do not exist).
Oh! Gentleness!’
Arthur Rimbaud, from ‘Barbarian’, in the collection of poems,
‘Les Illuminations’, 1873
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embryonic texture of words
the silences in between
the ethereal essence of form
in realms unseen
taking refuge in vast craters
lighting fires at heaven’s gate
in the depths of tenderness
galaxies wait
the harmony of time
fertility of space
spanning endless horizons
indestructible grace
the epiphany of truth
through these blind eyes
the odyssey of love
across epic skies
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