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# In Agora
- URL: https://nicholasjcollins.com/in-agora/
- Published: 2026-10-23T17:51:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:51:35.000Z
- Description: In Faeth, midwinter, Caed, a poet and scholar, wrote these words while staring out his bedside window, at the deep and silent dark.
- Author: Nicholas J Collins
- Tags: Origin, Agora, #manuscript

> In Agora, I make my home.  
> In Agora, I walk the flowering meadows.  
> In Agora, land of [Father](https://nicholasjcollins.com/father-is-missing) I feast in times of plenty.  
> In Agora, in the shadow of the mountain.  
> In Agora, in the footsteps of the Gods.  
> In Agora, I dwell not on the [Tower of Glass.](https://nicholasjcollins.com/the-tower-of-glass)  
> In Agora, I speak [Iona's](https://nicholasjcollins.com/iona) name in hushed tones, or not at all.  
> In Agora, I imagine myself timeless.  
> In Agora . . .  
> I do not seek the ancient truth.  
> I do not speak the hidden words.  
> In Agora, life is simple.  
> In Agora, life moves slow.  
> So I do not understand  
> Why in the mornings I wake weeping.  
> Dappled sun upon my pillow, mind clouded.  
> Convinced that in my forgotten dreaming, I lie  
> Moments from my end.  
> — Caed - 20 Faeth 12063