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[hes]

I'm not sure if all this thinking is a good thing or not... just because it's almost becoming a mechanism to write out whatever the thoughts sorted through.

No reason, nor prompt really. Based muchly on the current discussion of book/musical (more book) characterizations here.


She was both the changer
and the changed.
Influence in the subtlest of ways --
forcing thought by challenge
and prodding a curiousity hidden deep.

T'was never a one way street --
all give or take,
nor was it a conscious need --
but a silent dance
between strong wills
and even stronger denial.

Both changing
as a balance for the other --
a gradual shift
from isolation --
even when surrounded
by so many
the loneliness
was palpable.

There's a reference to Cris Williamsons' album, but I've never heard it myself.