A weathered plank bearing a fern leans beside a green bottle amid shallow water and misty woodland.

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Pablo Neruda

Now, on the road to freedom, I was pausing for a moment near Temuco and could hear the voice of the water that had taught me to sing.

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Neruda pauses on the road to freedom and hears the water that first taught the speaker to sing. Nature becomes an early teacher, and its voice is still speaking. The moment is quiet and grateful, a return to a source.

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