My heart sings of your longing for me, and my thoughts climb down to m…

Leonard Cohen
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My heart sings of your longing for me, and my thoughts climb down to marvel at your mercy. I do not fear as you gather up my days. Your name is the sweetness of time, and you carry me close into the night, speaking consolations, drawing down lights from the sky, saying, See how the night has no terrors for one who remembers the name. ✨ Leonard Cohen (2010). Book of Mercy, p.31, McClelland & Stewart
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