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Chapter XII: Song of a Traveler

from The Memory of Good by Miriam Marston

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I took a journey along the edge of everything I knew.
He met me there on a quiet night, the old man in the moon.
He told me that I’d miss him dearly,
he failed to mention how it wounds so deeply now.
Wading around in a misery, I couldn’t dare to see.
Keeping away from the wild side of minor epiphanies.
If only folly were a virtue,
then I would already be halfway holy by now.
I’ve had those moments when I thought I was humble
but oh! How I was wrong,
but at the same time, oh, how I belonged.
After a time in the skies and seas,
voyages long and fair,
I couldn’t tell if the world was round,
or if I was awfully square.
Of all the voices in the heavens,
I only wanted to hear one say my own name.
I’ve had my share of danger,
none so close than when I looked inside to find
a stubborn stranger, speaking faulty words of wisdom.
I know, yes, I know…
I let them go.
I took a journey along the edge of everything I knew,
funny the ways that have brought me here,
brought me back to you.

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from The Memory of Good, released September 7, 2017

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Miriam Marston Portland, Oregon

I started composing when I was 10. I called one of my first songs "Nostalgia", although I can't recall what my ten year old self was so nostalgic about. Released my first album in 2000. Things got busy, but I never stopped writing. Even if it meant composing on a mostly-broken piano in the basement of a university that I wasn't even enrolled in. Enjoy all the music and reading! Pax. MM ... more

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