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gentle souls, lost souls - searching
transfixed for a moment in time
suspended in an atmosphere of
comradery and love

too soon to be thrown back into the arena
to play the games of love and hate
to nurture without compensation
to give meaning to empty lives

remove the outer garments of society;
class, education, status
there remains only one basis instinct
- to love

THIS binds us together...

In the Company of Women
by Rian
This poem was written while on a silent retreat for women as I sat in the cafeteria on the last day watching and knowing that some of these women were not anxious to return to the real world...