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Feb 2016
To depart
is to die a little
good-byes are tearful and break the heart
life is brittle.

'  I must return to the open sea
which is my home
I'm dying, dying every moment when I think of thee
and I wonder: ' shouldn't I cease to roam?'
* from a poem (1890) of Edmond Haraucourt
Written by
MS Lim  Melbourne, Australia
(Melbourne, Australia)   
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