There,
But still unrecognized.
Not that the past has not provided—
In many forms
In faces
Passions,
In minds that nearly were my own--
But still no Goldmund:
Faithful
Reflexive
Amicable
Lusty
Nurturing
Long suffering
Long sought
Goldmund.

07/31/2016

Author's Note: On reading Hermann Hesse's Narcissus and Godmund again.

Posted on 07/31/2016
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