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Music: Aria Variata, BVW989, Variation #1.
By Johann Sebastian Bach.
Performed by Brendan Kinsella
at the Free Music Archive
under a Copyright-Only Dedication license.
Gratitude, like love, is part of being,
Remaining when all else is left behind,
Absurd and yet quite natural, a yearning
To give to light the worship of the wind.
In gratitude we find a gift worth giving
To something that no gift can serve at all,
Understanding that the gift of living
Depends upon some will beyond the wall,
Eliciting our gratitude and awe.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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