Before and After
Before and After
The soul goes on...
As I go on,
I must pay
the price I owe
for my awakening -
that is the realization
my soul is a gift
given to me
long before the fear
and the worry,
before learning
and earning,
before first breath
and long after
my last.
Deep into that darkness peering,
long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting,
dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
~ Edgar Allan Poe
