If it weren't for the poets and artists we would have no maps for our sacred selves. Every poet is a cartographer and translator of the psyche. Reading a poem is like walking blindfolded within myself, feeling my way by touch - wall by wall - while I figure out the exact dimensions of my depth. Someday I will accept that I am an abyss. We make do with what we have - our native tongues, our limited grasp of life. I grab for fistfuls...
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