What is it?
A quote or poem or eulogy by God Emperor Leto Atreides II from maybe his Stolen Journals in the book God Emperor Of Dune by Frank Herbert.
The sand beach as gray as a dead cheek,
A green tideflow reflects cloud ripples;
I stand on the dark wet edge.
Cold foam cleanses my toes.
I smell driftwood smoke.Words I wrote when told of Ghani’s death,
–God Emperor Leto Atreides II | God Emperor Of Dune | Frank Herbert
My Thoughts
I was reminded of this quote again recently when I was watching a video called Dune Talk: Leto’s Sacrifice And The Golden Path by the YouTube channel Quinn’s Ideas, and I decided to make a post about it; thank you Quinn, and I think that he should make short videos of just him reading various quotes from the Dune books so that we can have good readings of them to share and use.
I think that this is a sad but beautiful and good and accurate and surreal and symbolic quote/poem/eulogy/whatever that I think does a good job describing how some of us feel sometimes after someone we care about/love dies.
The end,
- John Jr
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