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Valley of life

Wine at the Persian Tableby anonymousJuly 22, 2006

I walk through the valley of life,
I wonder where am I? What am I doing? Where am I going?

I walk through the valley of life,
I see colors,
I see green, gray, black, white, …

I walk through the valley of life,
I see justice, virtue, fairness, impartiality, goodness, honor, decorum, …
I see bias, partiality, prejudice, foul play, crime, …

I walk through the valley of life,
I feel joy, happiness, trill, courage, bliss, …
I feel agony, pain, disappointment, fear, …

I walk through the valley of life,
I hear cry of sadness, laughter of joy and delight,
I hear whispers and unsaid.

I walk through the valley of life,
I smell power, corruption, pretension, emptiness, …
I smell fresh breeze of kindness and forgiveness.

I walk through the valley of life,
I see hunger, thirst, waste, …
I see beauty and beast.

I walk through the valley of life,
I taste sweet, bitterness, sour, …
I see babies, old, young.

I traverse down and up, down and up, up or down? …
I wonder is this valley of life or just a dream?


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