Because You Never Know<\/p>\n
By<\/p>\n
Jennifer Angelina Petro<\/p>\n
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When the welcoming angel<\/p>\n
Will spirit you away into the folds<\/p>\n
Of the other world,<\/p>\n
Who exactly you are becoming,<\/p>\n
Why you love sunsets and stars,<\/p>\n
What compassion grows in you<\/p>\n
For the secret sorrows that haunt<\/p>\n
Another\u2019s heart, like lost echoes<\/p>\n
In a cavern of lakes and rivers,<\/p>\n
Where your reverence leads<\/p>\n
And how it gets there,<\/p>\n
How your cells build one atop<\/p>\n
The other while you walk<\/p>\n
Without spilling you to the ground.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s best to just go about your days<\/p>\n
Singing, breathing with your whole body,<\/p>\n
And adventuring into the questions<\/p>\n
Until the word never\u00a0<\/em>finally falls away, like<\/p>\n The paper and string of an unexpected gift<\/p>\n Opened by a child who finds inside<\/p>\n What they\u2019ve always wanted.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n