i sustain i engrain i heal from the pain


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i process i think i plan i feel 

i gain i lose i win i drain i blame 

i stand i feel i pain i forgive 

i cry i pain i lose i regain 

i forgive again 

i contain 

i grow i row i flow i sustain and i say: 

༺✧ OPEN PORTALS ✧༻

༺✧ OPEN DOMAINS ✧༻

༻✧ I SHALL NOW PASS ✧༺

༻✧TO SUSTAIN WHAT I HAVE ENGRAINED✧༺

i therefore i heal from the pain

༺✧༻

༻✧༺ 

Stones of ancient times; 

stones from an ancient time. 

Siege and slavery,

 from an unspoken world, 

of unspoken words. 

An enslaved heart, among enslaved hearts. 

Then an unresponsive world, 

what an irresponsible world. 

The stones from a people. 

in siege and slavery.

༺✧༻

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Jay Horan is a handcraft artist, musician and poet, founder of Portals of Ions, and is based in New Zealand.

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