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First We Wonder then We Wander | Poem

 
 

first we wonder then we wander

any path

away from blind obedience

the thorny way

nearing the end

we sift the ashes

the sifting never ends

till our last enemy is our friend

best we first find do what we might

with the enemy within
 

- Abuela Musica
3 December 1999

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