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suddenly

suddenly I stood still
in time I mean

the air breathed for me

the sky fed me

and I quietly absorbed
everything that was offered
floated in awareness
saw what I had not seen
ever before
felt infinite spaces
between sounds

and knew all at once
where I was

when the ground was
no longer any different
than everything around me

and the trees drew me in
and washed me wholly

from Where we live — Bill Eberle

2006     © 2012, Bill Eberle