I was once the wine, and you the wineglass. I was once alive, when you held me. God became the glass: All things left were emptiness. (Aaron Weiss)

I was once the wine, and you the wineglass. I was once alive, when you held me. God became the glass: All things left were emptiness.

Aaron Weiss

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