(A re-post from 2 years ago)
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She goes not lightly
to that place,
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not without a candle
does she climb
to where he waits
in ancient cave.
He wears no mask,
just polished sight
as he tools words
on skins of truth
then tender-lights
her candle
in his fire.
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(c) 1995, 2013 Betty Hayes Albright
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