The Scripture of the Fair-Hearted Maiden
Once, there was a maiden…
… who had a beautiful heart.
She wore it on her sleeve so the whole world could see.
The maiden decided to show the world how she felt about this,
and walked the corners of Creation.
Wherever she went, everyone stared at her heart
and said how beautiful it was.
No one paid her any attention.
“I cannot help what others see,” said she.
The Scripture of the Maiden and the Boy Once, there was a maiden… … who met a boy she did not know. Both were ignorant of the other. She sang: “Why are you, and where are you going?” He growled: “Who are you, and where have you been?” “To know the world is to change it,” said she. “To survive the world is to remember it,” said he. * * * He whispered black words at her, and she stared back with seeing eyes. She shouted heartfelt catechisms, and his heart beat in him anew. “To journey the world is to love it,” said they. * * * And so they stepped across the world. Over mountains and oceans, through forests and fields, they journeyed ‘til journeys were no more, and settled by a river of sand. The river rose up, and drowned them in dust, “There’s always an end!” screamed the river to them.
