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A SHAPE WITH FORTY WINGS

Love is strange, and calls me to stranger things.
When I was young, I thought that I'd know why.
I've drawn my life -- a shape with forty wings.

The woods at night are full of awesome beings.
If you breathe loud enough, you can hear them cry:
Love is strange, and calls us to stranger things.

I want to follow everything that sings,
but I cannot tell you how afraid I am to fly.
I've drawn my life -- a shape with forty wings.

The unseen Being deep inside me brings
ideas to mind that I hope I'll never try --
Love is strange, and calls me to stranger things.

Possibilities surround me in concentric rings.
A Light shines down that I cannot see by.
Yet I've drawn my life -- a shape with forty wings.

I walk about as if I understood my wanderings.
If You are near, show me how to die.
Love is strange, and calls me to stranger things.
I've drawn my life -- a shape with forty wings.