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December
17, 2001
The
Longing of Home
tears
flow for joy or sadness
too
great an emotion for this frail flesh
I
have been made for greater lands
songs
of praise overwhelm my sense
creation’s
beauty my eyes observe
but
can never wholly own
all
within cries for its fulfillment
beyond this land of shade