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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