Friday Story Bazaar ~ Tale Twenty-Nine

Can I Give Up Now?

by
Alexander M Zoltai

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He’d found the poem on some blog—written by an unknown—full of meaning for him…

He began, slowly, to read it yet again, out loud:

“Creeping up a
Hill of life from a
Valley too well-known;
This time, this
Time reach some
Height not leading
Back to have-to;
This time, this
Time free enough to
See beyond these
Patterns locked in
Self so locked in
Dust.”

 

He took note, yet again, of the “Back to have-to“—rolled it around in his mind—knowing what...