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Leaving Meaning

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Leaving Meaning

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I can see it but not see it

I can feel it but not keep it

I can touch it but not hold it

I can be it but not know it

I can reach it but won't touch it (but won't touch it)

I contain it but release it

I unfold it but won't see it (I unfold it)

I can breathe it but not taste it (but not taste it)

I will lose it but I'll keep it

In the shadow, in the light pool (in the shadow)

In the reason for not being (in the reason)

I won't touch it, I won't hold it (I won't touch it)

I can be it but not feel it (I can be it)

I can steal it but not keep it (I can steal it)

I can break it but not heal it (I can break it)

I can see it but not see it (I can see it)

I can feel it but not keep it (I can feel it)

I can touch it but not hold it (I can touch it)

I can be it but not know it (I can be it)

I can reach it but won't touch it (I can reach it)

I contain it but release it (I contain it)

I unfold it somewhere

No place, let's go!

But don't see it

I unfold it, but don't see it nowhere

This place, let's go!

I unfold it, I unfold it

Reaching, not being, let's go!

But don't see it

I unfold it

Glorious

No one, no us, let's go!

I can touch it

I unfold it

Let's go!

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