through recognition

through recognition

and familiarity

i as i you as you we as we

welcome the world

to our curious meeting

where the ice-cream lollipops

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on the cusp

on the cusp

of waking

having been

at the cricket

on the verge

of dreaming

having been

almost sleeping

on the step

of daily rising

having been

elsewhere with you

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at the time

at the time

half-awake

half-asleep

then falling

the whole way

into slumber

thanks to the warmth

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branch by branch

branch by branch

trimmed

such that the beauty

of the lime tree

can be seen

from the meditation seat

more will be revealed

as further cut-backs occur

a new landscape

will be formed

by the labours of love

fresh vistas

with joyous celebrations

of wild flowers

beside open water

altogether caught

by the veritably

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their landscapes though

their landscapes though

remain the same

as if in time

on the sands

their sunrise

rises at dawn

or on the moors

their sunset

sets at dusk

the reason of which is love

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