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by a god unknown,
toward a land unseen...
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into the molten wilderness
of sin,
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where granite
sentinels stand
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as towers of living death
to bar his way.
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Each night brings the black
embrace of loneliness.
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In the mocking whisper
of the wind,
:29:29
he hears the echoing
voices of the dark...
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Moses!
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Moses!
:29:37
Moses!
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Moses!
:29:43
Moses!
:29:45
Moses!
:29:47
His tortured mind wondering
:29:49
if they call the memory
of past triumphs
:29:53
or wail foreboding
of disasters yet to come
:29:58
or whether the desert's
hot breath
:30:01
has melted his reason
into madness.
:30:05
He cannot cool the burning kiss
of thirst upon his lips
:30:11
nor shade the scorching
fury of the sun.
:30:17
All about is desolation.
:30:21
He can neither bless
nor curse
:30:24
the power that moves him,
:30:26
for he does not know
from where it comes.
:30:32
Learning that it can be
more terrible
:30:36
to live than to die,
:30:39
he is driven onward
:30:40
through the burning
crucible of desert,
:30:44
where holy men and prophets
:30:46
are cleansed and purged
for god's great purpose,
:30:52
until at last,
:30:54
at the end
of human strength,
:30:57
beaten into the dust
from which he came,