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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ElectricDragon" data-source="post: 7225767" data-attributes="member: 10778"><p><em><span style="font-size: 9px">Nearly a year and a half ago, I lost a friend. He was too young and too excited about the world to be gone. This is my farewell to him, he will be sorely missed.</span></em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>TRUTH</strong></span><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Ode to Seth Honeycutt.</span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Opening doors and waxing horizons,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The keys are shiny and new,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Far to the west, lost in the fog,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Lies the truth.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">It remains hidden and sacred.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">For most people,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Dreamers hold the lantern and seers guide the boat</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Around the sharp rocks of reason.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Alas, only hopes and dreams </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Can glimpse this pure light;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Though always from afar</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">And through the warped lens of imagination.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Doomed never to realize we've seen pieces of this precious light</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Until the time has passed for its illuminating gleam.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Seldom does the smoky haze clear</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Long enough that we may truly open our eyes.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Closing doors and waning horizons,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The keys are rusted and bent;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">But the smoke is slowly lifting</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Around the light called the truth,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">As the knowledge to understand it</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Fades from our minds.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Until at last we become lost in the truth.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 9px">David A. Sanders (Electric Dragon)</span></u></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>

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