desiderata i: light

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I want to be light

Light like a hummingbird

Poised in the air

Dancing feathers before

An open iris

Teasing

Flitting

Light like the feathers that leave

Its bijou body and float through the sky

To graze dewy grounds

Weightless

Light like the rays of sunbeams

That escapes through its wings

Casting shadows in its wake

Emitting rays and shadows

And rays and shadows

And rays and shadows

There is no question of presence

There is no question of divinity

It is where it is

And it is held and free

And purposeful and unengaged

And certain and knowing

Of spirit

Of birthright

Of place

Of necessity

Of responsibility

Of love

So when I say I want to be light

Perhaps I already 

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