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there, in a tux is Silence.
there, in a gown is Let's-Forget-It-Happened.
there, in the pew:

________i am._____________________

"Ordained Minister, please!
stop, please, i can't take this!"

in the tux: (Looking-towards-the-pew)
in the gown: (Glaring-eyes-at-me)

"i'm sorry, but i---"

We have not asked for objections yet,
says the Minister.

"i can't have them vow together again!"

You must wait until I ask--

"i object! i self-ordain an objection to my own pain.
they cannot be wed!"

Silence and Let's-Forget-It-Happened release their alter-hands,
and the ring bearer suffocates the ring.

the pew begins to rustle:

________i am.____________________
_____________Healing._Release._____
___"Well done Healing" says Regret.____
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___"Holy divorce," whispers Joy.______
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__Forgiveness smiling in the back.____

:::

"heart, stop beating so fast!

you're getting ahead of the moment."

i'msorry whatdo youwant metodo?

i'mtoo busyto listento whatyou're saying because iam

tooworried aboutthe nextthing.

thatperson thinksofme inthis way.

thisperson stopped talk ingto me, why?

tidI fail? ami notenough?

didi dosomething wrong?

"breathe!"

....ohoh ok.

i, am, ok.

i, am, enough.

not, everyone, can like, me.

but, i can, like, myself.

"be in the moment, and you'll be fine."

i, will listen, to my, own beat, ing---

my own, presence.

:::

you are a young shepherd.

in order to find your destiny, 

you have to make a choice;

there lies before you

a lantern and a shoe box.

take the lantern? or give up your shoes?
which do you choose?

(may i advise?
rid yourself of your shoes;

Fate is made up of light.

oftentimes we forget to feel the journey---

as we are already being guided.

besides, you would lose the light of your lantern

in the light of the sun.)