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Aberjhani
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: July 8
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How many fears came between us? Earthquakes, diseases, wars where hell rained smoldering pus from skies made of winged death. Horror tore this world asunder. While inside the bleeding smoke and beyond the shredded weeping flesh we memorized tales of infinite good. -from The History Lesson
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At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls.
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Rainbows introduce us to reflections of different beautiful possibilities so we never forget that pain and grief are not the final options in life.
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In your hands winter is a book with cloud pages that snow pearls of love.
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The literary artist lends verbal depth to the visual. The visual artist provides visible articulation for the literary.
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At its most dynamic, faith evolves into powerful applicable knowledge.
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Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.
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Unless you are here: this garden refuses to exist. Pink dragonflies fall from the air and become scorpions scratching blood out of rocks. The rainbows that dangle upon this mist: shatter. Like the smile of a child separated from his mother’s milk for the very first time. --from poem Blood and Blossoms
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