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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Through Love Transformed<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>© Brad Corallo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>word count 146<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Well met, my wild and gentle one<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>with radiance like the emerging sun <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I tasted the strength with which you yearn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I touched the fire in which you burn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You may be a prize, bright yet unknown<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>a tarnished bell, with a golden tone <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yet there is so much more you must discover<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Essential truths over which you hover <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lie down with me and I’ll teach you of love<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For you have not yet learned the touch of the dove <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With the gift of tenderness, we shall begin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>a place where I sense you have never been<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Together as one, we will endeavor to fashion<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>a primary nature of deep compassion <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then share freely, of all you’ve been taught<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and go forth in the world, your learning has wrought<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NOTE: inspired by the timeless, delicate beauty of Nick Drake’s music <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>jamesstarfire@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>