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I Have Been

I have been 
A grain of sand
A wisp of froth
Above a wave and then gone.

I have been 
A shark’s tooth,
A piece of azure glass,
 The clapper of a bell,
The bill of a falcon,
A feather floating.

I have been
The sound of children, 
A nail in the barn,
The snore of a pig.
I have been sky,
Day, even night
And the receding arc of the world.

I have been 
The hazy light
From a street lamp
In a misty eve.

I have been
A mouse, a blade,
A comb.
I have been 
The base of a jug
And the pin in a cushion.

I have been
A sail
And the wind,
The bow, the hull
And even the wake behind
Spreading out.

I have been
A star long ago
Burnt out
Whose light yet arrives 
To us now 
To lead us
To Be still
Talk,
Be still again
And remember love.

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