Quote #47

I'll try to say a little more: Love went on and on Until it reached an open door - Then Love Itself Love Itself was gone.

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  1. All busy in the sunlight The flecks did float and dance, And I was tumbled up with them In formless circumstance.
  2. You whisper, 'You have loved enough, Now let me be the Lover.'
  3. The light came through the window, Straight from the sun above, And so inside my little room There plunged the rays of Love. In streams of …
  4. I swept the marble chambers, But you sent me down below. You kept me from believing Until you let me know: That I am not the one who loves …
  5. May everyone live, And may everyone die. Hello, my love, And my love, Goodbye.
  6. Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. It is easy to di…
  7. Here is your cross, Your nails and your hill; And here is your love, That lists where it will
  8. I fought against the bottle but I had to do it drunk

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