Heavenly (Refrain)

i searched for you and

found damp, rich earth and thought i

might root for a while

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sometimes it’s a whisper,

it’s whiskers, it’s so faint

everything briefly pauses

becomes irrelevant,

unimportant, uninteresting, 

I hold my

breath

so as not to disrupt, so

as not to startle, so as

not to break whatever 

spell I had not known

sometimes it’s a howl, 

it’s red eyes and distance 

it’s patience and knowing

no one ever stands still 

I catch my

breath 

so as to prepare, so

as to hold steady, so as

to cast whatever, any

spell I witnessed 

sometimes it’s a story,

it’s the knowledge of 

before, the hope of next

I release my

breath 

remembering how and

why I want to believe in

spells and magic and 

you.