it is a blessing to see a kaleidoscope of goodnight kisses from soft-winged butterflies that kneel and rise from the face of every worshiped flower
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you must be silent
a receiver of bird song
before you can see through the dark
and realize, you have never been alone
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the whale rises for air
descends, rises again
two worlds are sewn together
three of your photographs
hang on the wall like windows,
I look out at a barn, two row boats, a mountain