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the heart points in the direction

that seeks it.

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has life turned your soul to granite?

with every two efforts forward,

you find three enemies have set you back?

tell me,

are you your only helper?

you might argue you have help,

but often there is a lack of allowance

to be helped;

a kite cannot fly against the wind;

for Pete's sake, let out your line,

and allow yourself to be lifted

and carried with the wind!

watch your soul erode

to the weightlessness of the clouds.

:::

we tend to fear our story untold,

so we attempt to write the next chapter.

the amount of confidence possessed

for the character of ourselves in the future is---

inflated, ineffectual.

oftentimes, it is our inner pages

the must turn first...