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Sustained

by the grace of every good thing.

Sustained by earth rolling around and around.

by that goodness you’ve fallen into, that falls into you.

by your hand extended to the world’s hand.

Sustained in the very least and at the very most.

Sustained in the moment of your merciful inertia.

Sustained above all, after all, beyond all.

Blessed by light and love . . . forever . . .

Sustained at the start of day and at day’s close.

through your night of recapitulation and repose.

by sleep and dreams from now unto the end.

by the sun and the moon, again and again.

again and again again and again again and again . . .

Sustained by what you’ve gained.

Sustained by what you’ve lost.

traveling the anonymous precincts

of stardust and glitter.

Sustained by love, by bruise and by ache.

by the lightening of the weight of the trouble

you thought you would never lift.

Blessed by light and love . . . forever . . .

Sustained

by the cross you bear

and by the love of the cross you bear.

Sustained by all that waits for you

along your path toward love.

Sustained by the light of the universe on the table

next to your hand.

and by the interstellar mote that has arrived

from the beginning of time to fill your eye.

Sustained by the planets for they are the rocks of heaven.

Sustained by the light of anonymous suns upon your face.

Blessed by light and love . . . forever . . .

Sustained, ever sustained. Yes.

Sustained by your heart

with its imprint of the grace of every good thing

that has ever happened, that will go on happening.

To you!

Sustained through all your doubts and distractions.

Sustained by this poem whose moment flashes and fades.

by its infinite and fleeting moment.

Sustained by the grace of every good thing.

Sustained by the grace.

Blessed by light and love . . .

Sustained . . .

Yes!

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