The Optimist

THE OPTIMIST

The circle turns
The game begins
The candle burns
No one wins…

Flame beckons hither
Shadows bending
Blackened hearts wither
Dreams ending

Moth to flame
Cinder wings
None to blame
Silence rings

The candle burns
The game begins
The circle turns
No one wins…

– Crispian Thurlborn, “The Optimist” (2015)

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Crispian Thurlborn is a British author that has spent most of his adult life travelling and working on distant shores. If not writing, Crispian can be found taking photographs, telling stories, running a Call of Cthulhu session, or... most likely... in a pub.

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