"Take bread away from me, if you wish,take air away, butdo not take from me your laughter.

And I, infinitesimal being, drunk with the great starry void, likeness, image of mystery, I felt myself a pure part of the abyss, I wheeled with the stars, my heart broke loose on the wind.
~ Pablo Neruda ~












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