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leave open a window
in your heart;

there is a breath
that seeks your breathing;

inhale what within you
yearns always to be

exhaled.

:::

with every leaf that bows its head
and descends to its knees,

is a onlooker
of its heady prayer and Kamikaze funeral.

:::

when you have committed yourself
to someone with whom you will hold,

you have simultaneously committed yourself
to someone with whom you may let go;

never kiss your hand unto a forearm
if you cannot, too, marry

the cold air successor of that heat source
upon the release.

:::

my little world.

my little sweetheart.

these words, i tell next,

with you may never part;

"if there is help you need,

raise your arm in praise

and say Hallelujah.

if there is a light you seek,

raise your arm in praise

and say Hallelujah.

if there is no light for thee,

raise your arm in praise

and say Hallelujah.

if you lack strength, let be,

a gift will come and lift will come,

and you say Hallelujah.

 your God will love

like a tree for a dove---

for a heart which knows
Hallelujah."