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Tell your children to abandon their names

April 1, 2021June 6, 2025 / Simon Rakei / Leave a comment

I. Creation A soul such as mine am I such a thing to be so markedly special in a world indifferent and cruel. I chased a light shooting up toward the heaven and was bathed in the dying glow of a sleeping sunset. A ray so pure and straight it sprung from the ocean like … Continue reading Tell your children to abandon their names

Four Days Before the Old Man Passes On

December 26, 2019 / Simon Rakei / Leave a comment

My grandfather once told me that to ease the pain which arises from the vagaries of life, you must break from the world, and look at the falling skies from the depths of your soul’s anguish. I have spent my whole life in a deep isolation trying to learn the meaning of these words. There … Continue reading Four Days Before the Old Man Passes On

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