I am remembering a lifetime of trying to map
the shape of shadow and light,
To draw the clean edges of change
And what has made me an oddity
Asked me to live far more closely
To the center of all that awe and ache.
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God, unto whom all hearts are open, unto whom all will is spoken, unto whom nothing is hidden, I beseech Thee to cleanse the intent of my heart with the unspeakable gift of Thy grace that I may perfectly love Thee and worthily praise Thee.