Life Runs Deep

She thought she saw something she had not seen
Yet she refused to believe it
She feared but suspected what might have been
Yet she preferred to just leave it
To that twilight at the back of the mind
Where we believe we leave such things behind

Denial was incapable
Of making reality disappear
For it was inescapable
There were such things as ghosts and he was here

So she learned what the wise have always known
There is more to life than first meets the eye
That consciousness does not end when we die
That life runs deep: we are not here alone

+Steven Curtis Lance



Copyright MMV

There is more to life than first meets the eye
That consciousness does not end when we die
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Denial was incapable
Of making reality disappear
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Dear Steve
good going indeed
supani

"...That life runs deep: we are not here alone..." phenomenal.

Thank you, Supani and Mandy; growing up and living in a haunted house has taught me these things. I was so encouraged to come here and see your words; nobody has said anything at all at AuthorsDen... I don't know why... maybe they don't like the ghost photograph with which I illustrated it; who knows, and I don't care. I really know my place, and it is here.

I ended up using this as the last poem for my new book, The Red Book of Lance; it will end with Lifeline, and then this one. The poem is based on my Grandma's experiences, but they also apply to me, here in our house. That's why I fought so hard to save this old place; I wondered what would happen to our ghosts if there were strangers here and we were gone.

Thanks again, my friends. Respect and solidarity, always.

...and, most of all,

Love,

+Stevie