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  • Writer: Yaira Ebanks
    Yaira Ebanks
  • 1 hour ago
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veins of mountains, veiled in snow

veins of rivers carve my soul


listening to Miserere,

eyes swell to the hymn,

my heart to the rise

and fall of its notes


sway where heaven thins

become sound and light


mercy,

I dance to understand

mercy,

I weep to let go 


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