Music by Pogo " Soulmate Stuff " https://pogomix.bandcamp.com/album/wonderpuff

It came on the rising ocean, and slumped with the waves. The deep waters poured from its mournful mouth.

" Of all the miracles and knowledge we share and learn, it is the faith of the self, the knowledge of our togetherness...the miracle to transmute our doubt into joy that we still keep away as a queer privy..an impossible magic.. "

It ground its face into the bedrock of the ocean floor and whined in a terrible pain.

" Men and women are hushed in their faults, so that when they should finally come to be seen, they feel singled out, abandoned...alone with their flaws. In this awareness they live a half life on the belief something in them is unhealthy..undeserving...wrong. Unaware their faults are shared..and through the idols we have made...we have cheapened our strength. "

The waves crashed around its solemn form.

" Isolated in their misery, they shroud themselves beneath veils of illusionary truths. They believe they stare into darkness but it is not so...it is something far more blinding and punishing. They cannot see but they listen...and all they shall hear is corrosion.."

It cried out to the cold, wet winds of the night.

" There is a sickness in us...an illness known as hate..whether it be in others or in ourselves...and no matter how great we may believe in it as a truth, no matter how determined or resolute we may be...a lie is still a lie....I'm tired...I'm so tired of feeling sick.."

It turned back into the waters, beneath the waves.

" We are better than this...we deserve better than this...we must see the truth again...we must speak it...we must...Please listen.. "