Type: Poem

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“God yearns to be known”

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Close-up of a cicada clinging upside-down to a wooden surface with a blurred green background.

“What we witness is bound upon our hearts.”

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“I imagine a field where they gather: those / grandmothers”

A person in a long, flowing dress walks barefoot along a cloudy beach shoreline.

“my murmurs are threaded / with half-finished dream”

A sparrow perched on a ledge beside a plant, with blurred buildings in the background.

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