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Vastness Of Wonder

Vastness Of Wonder

Or… what next?

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Michael Bojarski
Jan 18, 2024
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"The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most." ~ Thomas Merton

Beneath the velvet cloak of a starlit night,

I lie, a speck, a question in the light.

Why are we here, these souls with beating wings?

Adrift in dust, where does cosmic silence cling?

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