And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake$$$ and its accomplice$$$ hope$$$ a treacherous illusion. And whenever those twin poisonous flowers began to sprout in the parched land of that field$$$ Mariam uprooted them. She uprooted

And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake$$$ and its accomplice$$$ hope$$$ a treacherous illusion. And whenever those twin poisonous flowers began to sprout in the parched land of that field$$$ Mariam uprooted them. She uprooted them and ditched them before they took hold.