Hold out my arms to the

falling trees.

God called from the small

leaf in the grass. I let the

sun touch my forehead not

out of choice.

A distance began and lay

forever. Gifts to the world

were given. We both celebrated.

Then took deep breaths and

dived into the sea of us.

We came up a few years

later with our treasures ready

to go on shore together

and share them with

the world.

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Take down all these

words.

They come out of a dispute

with the true self only

a moment in which to realize.

In order to love the world

I had to feel its love. I

had to feel its pain.

I was given the breath of

a new name. I called you

in my heart. You answered

without a touch I kept

lost in love all

these shadows to the time

I remember so long ago

Come up into this

follow around the sun and

chase my body down

let the further trees breath

life into you and draw me into

a forgotten time. When clouds were

still and my hands held all

the love in the world.

Freedom from the first moment

I touch my lips to the wind.

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