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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Absolutely beautiful,
deep, and inspiring. The nuances in this p;iece are surprising, but I am not
surprised.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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A Wondrous Treasure<br>
<br>
Heart song,<br>
completely serene in the womb cushion<br>
where life is sweetly new.<br>
<br>
Once in life light,<br>
unfamiliar world brings mysteries and discoveries<br>
as the tiny heart song plays.<br>
<br>
Innocence and awe bring<br>
challenges, joys uninhibited<br>
as the song grows free.<br>
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Somewhere,<br>
feared monsters creep beyond the boundary,<br>
crushing the song under unfathomable evil.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">This implies that the monsters
were always there but<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">the heart was
protected by</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">a boundary. At what point
do these monsters’ presence become known?</font></font></span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">
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Silently, the shatters like glass carousels tumbling from a broken shelf.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">In the copy I got ,
carousels<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">starts a new line. I put it
together in one line because I thought you meant it that way.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">This is one place where I
think tumble, rather than tumbling<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">is a
better choice.</font></font></span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">
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The heart song struggles,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I like </font><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">heart song</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">rather than just ‘heart.’</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">Or even
heart’s song. You give the song its own entityhood It is obviously connected to
the heart, but exists by itself.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">It
somehow makes a big difference.<o:p></o:p></font></b></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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on slowest bleed, recreating itself in pain so<br>
deep it cannot be undone.<br>
</font><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><font size="3">This is a deep and powerful
concept.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">The heart song is not defeated
by pain, but actually is fed by it, even though it may appear to be undone
temporarily by pain.<o:p></o:p></font></u></b></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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Tears fall outside a heart broken,<br>
mending itself to sing<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">But aren’t the tears part
of the song?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Not withstanding, I love
the message that despite sadness and dispair that is seen expressed, the heart
and heart-song<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">is expanding.</font></font></span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">
even through scars of disilusion.<br>
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Many breaks, scars and tears<br>
beset the song, yet, it still plays<br>
despite harm, indifference, false love.<br>
The black hovers,<br>
but the heart is brighter,<br>
wiser for it, rezillian in its melodic time<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Does melodic time mean
the song does not miss a beat. Its rhythm<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">undeterred</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">despite</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">all its assailants?</font></font></span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">won by many silent battles of care.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Does this mean by love
expressed in action?</font></span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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Heart song,<br>
genuine,<br>
careful,<br>
still comes alive<br>
like Spring blooms<br>
in patches of color<br>
now spreading toward sky and and stars that welcome.<br>
</font><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>I love this list of heart song
qualities. It reasons, is careful, and is intensional..</u></b><br></font></font><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">
Valerie Moreno<br>
6-2-19<br>
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Lord, stay always with us.<br>
-from Psalms<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;">
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