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The Reality

VMFA

Published on 02/07/2025

There is a little house that still stands beyond the hill Morning still lingers upon its roof And the wind still carries our names Two cups have grown old upon the table The door has learned every season of our hands And the fields have watched our children become taller than dreams Oh the world called it a simple life Yet no kingdom could have offered more Than waking beside the one I chose Oh perhaps this was always the road Perhaps the dream was only the first stone Perhaps tomorrow...