What the light was like

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light was like as we spoke today

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studied all the voices in the Western tradition, all but your
voice

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comes to me across the lengthening shadows of early
November

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brightness falling from the air, the wind glistening &;amp;
clacking in the bare branches

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great expanse from one life into another... style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY:
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come to me in serenity, in your cloak of stars &;amp; the blue night
sky

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mythology rising in me, the words that we speak now unearthed
someday

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they will create a new religion around the shape of your mouth, the
curve of your hand

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slow stream of incense billowing up, suffusing everything with its
sweet &;amp; bitter fragrance

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of language in me as I contemplate your form and its meaning
is ceaseless

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flow of blood that shakes in my heart, so calm so strong so deep so
clear

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Tahoma">--&;amp; my soul reaches to touch you, in desire its
sweet residence in purity its dark residence style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY:
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the night falls and all things will be known, style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY:
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class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">all that
will be know in time, and the All that will be known and not
known

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still I would trade it all, all of it for the moment when your slight
voice speaks &;quot;hello&;quot; style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY:
Tahoma">

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