Exodus – I. The Soul is Open

My heart has lived through every verse — no fabrications, no flattery toward people,

no judgment of human life. I strive to share my joy, love, longing, and pain — the very feelings anyone on planet Earth can experience, with people whose souls

are wounded.

A poet’s not the one who writes a word,

But one whose heart has truly heard —

Who’s lived their years, felt dreams of old,

And set them down in ink, untold.

With deepest respect,

Your AVA — Viktor Alekseevich Assorov