Chapter 11: Ordeal<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Alone on smooth hard stone.<\/p>\n
No smell of pine<\/p>\n
No laughing moon<\/p>\n
No shadowed trees<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Where?<\/p>\n
Nowhere.<\/p>\n
Someplace like a mausoleum.<\/p>\n
An altar\u2019s edge.<\/p>\n
Opaque dark.<\/p>\n
No telling how far down<\/p>\n
Down goes.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Wind like evil<\/p>\n
Prying fingers,<\/p>\n
Lifts and pulls<\/p>\n
Pries and digs.<\/p>\n
But, you must want to fall<\/p>\n
To go over this edge.<\/p>\n
You must give in.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
II.<\/p>\n
Forever or a day.<\/p>\n
Pomegranate promise<\/p>\n
Sitting on one corner<\/p>\n
Of this altar.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
No dice.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
III.<\/p>\n
There must be a place<\/p>\n
Beyond.<\/p>\n
There must be a way<\/p>\n
Through.<\/p>\n
There must be a next<\/p>\n
Step.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
No pomegranate promise.<\/p>\n
No dice.<\/p>\n
From the edge of this altar,<\/p>\n
I leap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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