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One Skin For Another

from We Are The Compass Rose by Paul Devine

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A rainbow was being born directly above them. It curved up and away across the valley, its seven colours making the world an iridescent kaleidoscope for a moment. Then the rainbow’s end touched Jan Brogen’s farmhouse, and it vanished. A small, warm breeze riffled their hair and clothes. ‘I have made it so.’ it whispered. The sun shone diamonds on the grass then. And the blue of the sky was a blessing.

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There’s a glamorous magnificence of time recalled.
The oceans and the skies and firmament.
Remember life in moments or remember not at all.
This is your life.
You get to choose how well it will be spent.

And the time is fleeting.
The net of time’s a construct into which we all will fall.
Don’t concern yourselves with that idea of death, forever sleeping.
You’re only substituting one skin for another after all.

Can you see the subtle glow? The ticking of the distant clock?
The farthest and the deepest, gravest jewel.
If you’re patient you will hear the tick and then the final tock.
And rejoice in beatific, unavoidable renewal.

And the time is fleeting.
The net of time’s a construct into which we all will fall.
Don’t concern yourselves with that idea of death, forever sleeping.
You’re only substituting one skin for another after all.

Life compensates in love what it lacks in length and span.
You aren’t a pawn or puppet in some idol’s master plan.
Your radiant vibrations aren’t suspended at the last.
You occupy the present and the future and the past.

And the time is fleeting.
The net of time’s a construct into which we all will fall.
Don’t concern yourselves with that idea of death, forever sleeping.
You’re only substituting one skin for another after all.

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from We Are The Compass Rose, released February 13, 2023

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Paul Devine England, UK

1983: Sheffield, singing with Siiiii
1986: Leaves band
1989: South Wales
1993: DVO form
2005: Siiiii reform. Release Ancient
2006: Siiiii active live. Play New York
2008: Ein Verdammtes Versprechen released
2008: A Murder of Sandfleas released
2014: Modern. Paul leaves band again
2019: Diagnosed with ADHD, BPD and Tourette’s
2021 – 2022: Publishes four books
2023: The Compass Rose released ... more

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