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Aug 2018
There is a wall.
There is a light around this wall.
This wall will cast a shadow
on both of its sides,
because there is a light all around it.
It just does not see it.
And I will stand near this wall,
just beyong where its shadows lie.
I will speak to this wall.
I will bring up topics of rootless things,
but it's all to plant the seeds.
I will take another steps toward the wall.
I will tell it stories,
and I will make it laugh.
Then another step.
I will share with it my deepest fears,
and my greatest hope.
I will sit beside this wall,
and its shadow will not be as dim.
Verstehen | German | "meaningful understanding"; the concept of putting yourself in the shoes of others in order to see things from their perspective and understand them better
Gabriel Bonney
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Gabriel Bonney  17/M/Indiana
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