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Cover image: The Monk by the Sea, Painting by Caspar David Friedrich

Little we see out there that isn’t ours,

For the casted shadow of greed prevails;

Towards the light that we wholly devour 

Our avarice remains true to trail;

And still the grizzled Tree stands tall, its roots

Deep in the sunken lea of buried vows; 

It watches as we set ablaze our disputes,

Yet, unaffected, raises but a brow. 

Anon come the end of all ambition, 

Among the hollow depths of the Sea where 

Lay sailors still lost in expedition

The shining gold, now dull, remains a prayer.

Yet is Gaia’s Nature what we cherish?

From within zephyrs, whispers of a tale,

For why wait until her brave lands perish,

Redemption beckons, if now we set sail.

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