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Oh....the days and years I have known this man!.. This man,..who was once a boy...and could never have imagined this day !
As I gazed inside the mirror....a terrible fright sent chills through my bones and shrank my skin....for the man there was someone I did not know.
Staring back in a lifeless gaze was a body empty of spirit. And....as if a soul hovering gently over it...was studied from outside of it..
Who was this man? That was known, but not recognized at that moment. The body had separated from the spirit.....and that spirit watched from a close distance.
Perhaps it was a momentary separation of body and soul? Perhaps their parting was unexpected, and frighteningly foreign. Or perhaps...it was an obscure recognition of eachother....and the astounding effect of realizing their individuality...
Whatever the case....I wish to keep my spirit aloft now and again,..watching....as if remote. At times,...seeing this man I have become.
We have been together for so long, yet rarely stop to recognize eachother.
My soul...removed from my body...saw lifelessness there..
My body....cold and frightened...empty and scared...
For now, we work together in endless harmonious debate. But we will separate once again when fear subsides....for that moment for which was instilled much fear and angst...we know we must experience again someday...soon.
