And distance were unmade. No seam of light

Showed through. It was a world not made for seeing,

One pure, one undivided sense of being.

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Through darkness smooth as amber, warily, slowly

He moved. The floor was soft beneath his feet.

A cool smell that was holy and unholy,

Sharp like the very spring and roughly sweet

Blew towards him: and he felt his fingers meet

Broad leaves and wiry stems that at his will