if you think that it's pretentious, you've been taken for a ride

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i want to be high praise

(the highest of the high and the lowest of the low)

you are,

beloved, you are

 

 

i want to be worthy of what you have

to give, and i want

to be worthy of what it means

to live

 

 

(the kiss of the desert and the sting of the snow)

there are always better places

far better, to go

 

 

i want to lift and

to be (or not to be) uplifted

my love

you, higher, in

my love

 

 

you are, beloved

you are, you are

 

 

high praise...

 

 

you are, beloved

by far

(by far)