He witnessed the rise and fall of the tides,

Leaping over the sea that seemed so milky in the moonlight.

Gloating over its graceful strides,

The rumble of the colossal sea was all he could hear that night.

 

The stars twinkled in the darkness,

And the moon in the blackness

Gazed dotingly at him and his boat,

As he was carried swiftly afloat.

 

How long had he been at ...

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They come with little in their hands, from burned-out homes and broken lands. Their hopes are packed in bags of thread, their pasts erased, their futures bled. The children walk through desert air, their fathers drown in deep despair. No one who leaves a home intact will ever choose a life like that. But those who watch them at the gate are tired too, and bear their weight. They se...

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