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The old man wanders into this room, a windowless 

room, full of ghost of his past he is angry this

old man, full of seething for all his brothers and sisters.

full of the hate is his own gray blue heart. all

the regrets stockpiled before his eyes, blinding his

minds' eye to all the wonders and colors and beauties

of the world that surrounds him. if i can not feel

the love neither can they he whispers into the darkness.

i will make them pay he whispers to his own aloneness,

and then another whispered voice breaks his muted concentration.

against his own will his eyes break their silence and

slowly begin to blossom. for the first time he notices

the light coming from the window, illuminating a door

in front of which stands a young girl.

thin, even frail, she looks at him with a defiance

he just can not place. she says nothing and yet the old

man feels an aching in his fortitude. his eyes

open a bit more and blues and greens and yellows appear

dancingly across his consciousness. she is beautiful?

his mind questions... her skin is fair. her green 

eyes pierce his defiance, his purpose. hope she

whispers in her enchantress' voice. hope, his mind

absorbs... is this her name he wonders. he hears

for the first time, the expressions of the fabric

of her dress in motion. she approaches slowly, delicately.

no, hope is her message. at this thought her emotionless

face softens, subtly, the hint of a smile

appears, bringing her intelligent 

features into this new born spectrum of his light.

my god you are beautiful he says aloud for the

first time. hope stiffens slightly but does

not break her stride. the monster inside him

rages as she reaches tenderly for his hand.

you can not touch this beastly child his mind

screams. and then silence. a warm breeze rustles

the old mans hair. lightly, pensively he opens that

last eye, looking down at hope in her utter brilliance.

her hand is in his and there is no room. hand in hand

they stand together in this field of oneness, together. a

young girl named hope, and a new man.

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