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Sometimes, I cannot help but sigh and wonder-- wonder deep inside of me whether I could ever be like you. I riffle through the pages of my soul and find a lot of them empty Unlike yours, which seem to be bursting, blinding, bursting, and still continuing to burst with brilliance... So much so, that your soul's light has spread far and wide, very much like sunlight's fingers opening the morning sky curtains, touching and warming those who need it. Tanglaw Each step that you take, each breath that you exhale, each prayer that you whisper, each beat of your heart Tanglaw I receive a smile, and chat with that man who you've helped change... Because of you, the silent man now speaks, smiles. You sit down to rest, I see you talking to someone, and I am almost fooled, since you seem like old friends. Because of you, the lonely strangers become kindred. It mystifies me sometimes, of how you never seem to get tired. It seems like I am the one who gets tired for you, who gets worried for your own strength... Then I see that glow from all around, and I am reminded how you glean from this glow. I see you as this beautiful ball of energy-- Never static, bouncing from soul to soul, illuminating parts of themselves that even they never knew existed. It is so amazing seeing this at work, since the next thing I know, the place is lit up, Alive. ...and it is all because of you. It makes me feel unworthy at times, but oh how it also makes me feel so proud, that I am a part of you, and you are a part of me. I have a lot of catching up to do, since it seems I am lightyears from where you are But I will try. I will catch the tail end of your light, clutch to it with my life, winding it around me, let it embrace me--tight, so tight. And I will never let it go. Never. Until I also begin to glow. Until I too, become that ball of light. Hopefully when someone riffles through the pages of my soul, they will not find it blank, but filled with gilt pages of light. Just like yours. Bursting and brilliant just like yours. Tanglaw is pronounced "tang-lao" Where I live, mothers are said to be the "light of the home"...
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