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I Would Cease To Be

God

dissolved

my mind – my separation.

I cannot describe my intimacy with Him.

How dependent is your body’s life on water and food and air?

I said to God, “ I will always be unless you cease to Be,”

And my Beloved replied, “And I

would cease to Be

if you

died.”