The Song Singing over the Earth
Written by Tayria Ward on January 19, 2010…
Above the change and the loss,
father and freer,
your singing continues,
god of the lyre.
How can we embrace our sorrows
or learn how to love,
or see what we lose
when we die? Only your song
over the earth
honors our life and makes it holy.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
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