A road begun
So distant
A masterpiece
Insistent
Divided rolls
At parting
Provided each
A farthing
With usury
Demanding
Each master
Understanding
Not but through
A darkened glass
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On wayward paths
T'were leading
The messenger
Lay bleeding
In darkness
Cold and shivering
Til light broke forth
Delivering
Crystal shards
Now his to gather
The remains of
What was shattered
At long last
To be arranged
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Setting forth
But then quick falling
Reckless ire
Toward the calling
Dream’s bright light
Falls now to dim
And the mass of Hell
Creeps in
As the words spoke
Once in warning
Cloak the messenger
In mourning
While eternity
Peers down
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Burning coal
And gift from Heaven
Once bestowed
Becomes as leaven
As a single grain
Begun
Sprouting forth
Toward the sun
Calling out
The pathway paving
Lifting messenger
And saving
As the poems formed
Long ago...come forth
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…To be continued