The Humbling and Other Poems
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Read between June 29 - July 12, 2022
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No humbled heart wants dominance.
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Let earthquakes rage and rivers rush, volcanoes blaze and comets crush. Let stars – all time – go disappear. My love for you would still be here.
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How Earth is restless, like my wonder, caught in orbit, bound by light, revolving in some cosmic plan astronomers might understand.
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I should grow stronger with each fall, retain some wisdom after all, fly higher, further, which each burn, and from my ashes always learn.
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Impatiently we turned that page and scurried toward maturity, oblivious to misery. The vernal hours vanish fast. To those yet youthful: make them last!
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Where others dwell on my demise, I’ll cast my ashes then arise. As some prepare to eulogize, I’ll spread new wings to their surprise. Before the coldness quells my eyes, my love lights up those starless skies. Despite defeatists who despise, my song lives on to energize. When death descends to finalize, I’ll resurrect, revitalize.
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the universe is not just you.
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How deeply runs this course of love? Oceanic. Fathomless. And diveable if you could hold your breath until the end of time.