Draw me after you;  Let us run

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Song of Solomon 1:4

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blessing the boats (at St. Mary's) 

may the tide

that is entering even now

the lip of our understanding

carry you out

beyond the face of fear

may you kiss

the wind then turn from it

certain that it will

love your back     may you

open your eyes to water

water waving forever

and may you in your innocence

sail through this to that

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Lucille Clifton 

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Believe us, they say

it is a serious thing

just to be alive

on this fresh morning

in the broken world

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Mary Oliver, Invitation

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And now at last I got a good look at you

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Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters​

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