I came upon an unusual sight.
I looked, from a distance, at a line of young men and women, standing along the edge of a cliff, and the line streched as far as the eye could see.
I watched as an old man, wearing a cloak of lavender and white, approached each person in turn. He came to a young man, and held out his right hand. The old man said “here in my hand is the answer, true and complete, that you have searched for oh so long”
And the youth turned toward the old man, and replied “Old man, if only you knew the pain i have suffered, and the path i have had to tread, if only there was an answer for ME”
And the man in the lavender cloak said to the boy, “I tell you, I have seen your pain, and trode your path, and here, in my hand, are the very answers you seek”
And the youth looked away from the wise man, and said “If only i could believe you, if only anyone could help, but it is too much to hope for. Thank you for your lies, but i know there is no answer” and the young man turned toward the cliff, and stepped over the edge, and plumeted to the rocks below.
The old man in the lavender cloak wiped a tear from his eye, released a great sigh, and moved on to the next one in line.
And the next one, a young woman, looked up at his approach, and she said “Do NOT tell me you have an answer, or know my pain, because then I would know you are a liar. In a thousand, thousand lifetimes, no one has been thru what i have been thru”
And the weary old man said “This is true, but I have the answer you seek, please allow me to share it with you. You have nothing to lose but your pain, and everything to gain from this chance”
And she said “Liar, hateful old man, evil beyond words, to torment me with so called help, knowing that there is no answer for me. Begone, devil, away with you”
And then the girl threw herself from the cliff, and crashed on the sharp rocks below.
I watched this go on for long and long, for well nigh unto years, youth after youth, the old man shed a tear, and the young did not accept his help, or his answers. and i watched him grow weaker and weaker, but hte cloak of lavender never faded.
At last, he came upon a young women, and said to her “I have the answer you seek, here, in my right hand”
And she said to him “DO you tease me? do you mock me? how could you know the answer, you do not even know the question?”
And the tired old man said “the questions are different, this is true, but the answers are always the same. Will you look, and take the chance of possible salvation?”
And she began to cry, but she said,”yes, I will look, but ths is the last chance i take. if the answer is not true and whole, i go over to the spikey rocks, as so many have done before me”
And the old wise weary man held open his right hand, and the girl looked, and drew a breath at what she beheld.
She saw the sound of a childs laughter, and heard the feeling of love, and smelled the vision of a sunset, and felt the smell of a lovers breath….she began to weep, and fell to the ground before the old man.
And he reached for her, and lifted her back to her feet, and placedx his lavender cloak around her.
And she said, “what now? I have recieved the answers, but what happens now?”
And the happy old man said “it is your turn”
She replied” for how long?
He said” until you are done, or finished.”
And they both laughed and embraced, and held like this for a time.
When they moved apart, the Girl in the lavender cloak went on to follow the line of youngsters, and the old man turned away.
The old man looked right toward me, and began to move in my direction. I became scared, and ran here, to be with all of you.
I am not worthy of the wise old man, and whenever i see a person near a cliff, i will push them over, so that the wise man nor the lavender girl need appear. I must hide forever….here, with you, in the dark.
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