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My Quiet Place
by Mark Sebring → (All Poetry by Mark Sebring)
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 Rated "G" by the Author.

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My Quiet Place One prophetic day in autumn I could sense that winter was approaching. That there weren't going to be many more days like this. So I spent the afternoon at my quiet place (a bench in the middle of the forest) listening to the wind, and watching the leaves fall from the trees. I could hear the voice of the wind whispering something in my ear. Could it have been trying to tell me that it was time for them to fall? Just as I was drifting off to sleep I was awakened by the sound of rustling leaves. I opened my eyes expecting to see a deer, or some other animal. But it was just two people - two ordinary people walking hand in hand along the path. Just like two others who'd walked before. Before the temptation. Before the fall. I watched them as they walked on leaving me alone again - alone with my thoughts. I am not afraid of being alone for being alone's sake. But I'm often envious and I tremble at the thought of being lonely. I'm afraid of being unwanted and unloved. I'm afraid of being unappreciated and unsuccessful. I'm afraid of being just one of those leaves lying on the ground. But I'm not afraid of oblivion. I'm not afraid of the abyss. I ignore the whispering of the wind and let myself drift back to sleep. I'm no longer convinced that everything has a purpose. When I sleep without dreams I'll no longer pine for Eden. Mark Sebring (2010)

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Reviewed by Mark Sebring

Reviewed on March 25, 2021

Sans R�ves? ⛅
"I'm no longer convinced that
everything has a purpose.
When I sleep without dreams
I'll no longer pine for Eden."

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