Zea Mexican Diary: 7 September 1926—7 September 1986

XII. The Awakening

ANYANEANYANE THE AWAKENING One late afternoon I drove Aunt May & Dream Chad up to HardWir Gap & the Park up there Looking across from W1.ere ~ ~re there WiS a valley & beyond that on the same level wius a \'\OCXi in mist & you cd see a road & the light under the trees in the distance but it WiS like over there & you couldnt see the connection how it got W1.ere it WiS how you cd get there & there WiS no one over there Only peace As ifthere \-\asW1.ere she WiS Wilking aWiYfrom us but perhaps Wiiting but each daygettingmore & more distance & getting more & more involve wiW1.at \-\as happeningoverthere & meeting the people out there & getting to know them & her Mother eventually getting the news that she had arrived & setting out to find herin thatlandscape overthere sonear so far far aWiyin the grey green gOing-dOWl evening sun forever & for ever Heartease 213 Which is \'\here she is/in that soft distance shining & I V\aS suddenly& at last happy & very very sad & lonely at the same time because she felt so lonelytoo but s0me how atpeace & there V\aS nothing I cd do nothing nothing I cd do anymore nothingI cdeverdo ever & ever again but to lose her there & that V\ay \'\here I cd see her& notsee herbeyond thatvalleyhigh up there in the Blue Mountains 214 ...