Wanting to know all
I overlooked each particle
Containing the whole
Unknowable.

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Intent on one great love, perfect,
Requited and for ever,
I missed love’s everywhere
Small presence, thousand-guised.

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And lifelong have been reading
Book after book, searching
For wisdom, but bringing
Only my own understanding.

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Forgive me, forgiver,
Whether you be infinite omniscient
Or some unnoticed other
My existence has hurt.

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Being what I am
What could I do but wrong?
Yet love can bring
To heart healing
To chaos meaning.