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</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This is a powerful poem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">It is one of a series which cronicles the
process you are going through. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">You seem to have reached a new phase. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">A good one.</span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">
HERE<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Eleven
months have come and gone<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Since
I became a widow.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">One
moment rearranged my world<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">In
ways I’d yet to fathom.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
thought perhaps he would be near,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">A
partner on my journey.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">In a
silent home, I strained to catch<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">his
voice or find proof his spirit lingered.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Leave out<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">find. It doesn’t need to be there for understanding, and it flows better
without it. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">No
intuition or wondering prayer<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Brought
forth a true connection<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Until
isolation slowed my pace,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">And
I had time to listen.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
felt his presence like <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Leave out<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">‘like’. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Again it is a flow suggestion.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">A
cloak of caring and protection<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">That
warmed my body and frozen soul<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I really like ‘frozen soul.’<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">And
offered hope of resurrection.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0276697075msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">
-Sally Rosenthal<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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