Absence
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You are something greater than love
I do not know you, but I am
Indebted to you for your making
my blind earth lit by the moon.
Your tenderness deciphers my lingering doubts
Your sweetness justifies my bitter rain
with which the earth is drenched
The sounds wafting from your lips into my ears
when I lay immobile, crumpled rag-like on the stones
goad me back to the fray
Your understanding wisdom invigorates
the dormant chasms of an occluded mind
Your hands have a redemptive healing sway
over my broken body
Their yearning glissade distills the care from my bones
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