The Daily Boost #494

Hold this rapture in your hand

Here's Tuck & Patti's delicious love song to light. To rapture. To wonder. To mystery. To beauty. To epiphany. To the honey of this life . . .

THIS LIGHT, THIS LIFE

How do you speak of a moonlit Night
How do you explain a soft caress
Sometimes it seems we can only sigh
This light, this life, this light

How do you describe a baby's first breath
Or take this rapture and hold it in your hand
Consumed with wonder, you can only cry
This light, this life, this light

A thousand sacred whispers flood me
With vision's sweet essential gift
Like a kiss
Like language felt
Whispering ache away
This light, this life, this light

When you think about the beauty
When you rise to the occasion
When you know it in your soul that there is nothing to explain
It's a mystery how our spirits do collide
This light, this life, this light

Was it a moment or a lifetime
Epiphany or sweet regret
Was it the flower or the honey
Can you remember how it felt
This light, this life, this light

(My thanks to Tuck & Patty.)

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