What Virgil Said

What Virgil Said in that Dream You Almost Remembered

Tell it –

Because no one heard it quite the way you did.

Describe it –

Because no one saw it quite the way you did.

Every soul bears its own unique witness;

Every eye carries its own vision of the world.

Tell your story

Because it is one part

Of the grand story of the universe.

Only when we have heard everyone’s story

Will we see the beauty

Of the whole.

Until then,

We make our way in a fractured world

Seeing only in part –

Waiting for the next piece

To fall into place.

So sit here now.

Move with the ocean

Breathe with the wind

And tell us what you saw

On your way over.

                                                        ~ CK

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Image: Water color by William Blake. "In Purgatory, Dante and Statius sleeping while Virgil keeps watch" from Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy

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