Then opening his eyes, Lenny looked straight at me and smiled. But it wasn’t my mate, Lenny, who I had come to know. It was Lenny and the full glory of his soul. There was no illness or exhaustion in his smile. It was one of a soul completely free of ego and personality. It was pure love, completely free of everything else. Only radiance and joy remained and their shine was almost blinding in their beauty. I smiled back with honesty as my heart completely burst open. We smiled euphorically, knowing it is all just love in the end. I’d never known such absolutely, uninhibited smiling, given or
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