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Toil

Every expression, every syllable, every image you paint for me,

is a digital caress in an analog prison, a seductive glance, a subtle smile.

While I toil in the field, near this cottage by the sea, it is all just a delay

of what the heavens Intended I do.

 

But no man should receive riches were he has not toiled...

So I wait and I see how long I can go, before I put down my tools

and return to see you.

 

How long,

this longing?

How long this toiling,

How long? As long as I go.

 

We all serve the truth when we follow our hearts.

My heart tells me only to toil, and to love.

 

ABurns 2012

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Jun 1, 2012
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Thanks go to my daughter for the second line.

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