the name

once

i was a little child

full of optimistic wonder

then

i fell into an ocean

and its current swept me under

down

i sank, as it engulfed me

the sun-streaked surface, a shadow became

then

my heart slowed down its beating

and in the dark, I felt a Name

once

the feeling overcame me

i knew i must discern its source

*i called the Name with final breath

and yielded myself to its force*

Death

swirled up and all around me

and tight in her arms, i was held

down

i sank, as she engulfed me

once-flickering hope, in an instant, quelled

and I died.

and I died.

FLASH

with sudden blinding brightness

a force grabbed me from death’s shroudings

up

i rose, in swift ascension

and the speed was overwhelming

then

my soul recalled the feeling

and i felt the Name once more

when

at last, i stopped ascending

the Name is all that I longed for

so

i followed with the masses

i chased the paths of those ahead

soon

the masses ceased to wander;

i followed where their gazes led

then

i was a little child

full of optimistic wonder

and

i finally knelt before

the Name of Love my heart was after

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