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Before the cosmos - my love, there was you


Long before there were any stars


When the great empty void was packed full of a hundred-thousand other even emptier voids


There was a soft whisper in the dark

~ and maybe this whisper was more like a song ~ and maybe this song was more like a poem ~ and maybe this poem was more like a prayer


And this soft whisper that was a song that was a poem that was a prayer

kept uttering your name and saying


“I can’t wait for the day you come to find me”


yes, even before the first crack of Genesis lightning spread its dandelion seed across the cosmos

you were the first thing on the mind of a waking God


please hold on you matter more than matter itself


please hold on you have more time than time itself


please hold on you have existed before existence


please hold on

~ John Roedel


 
 
 

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2 days ago

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