who knows
(there might be a question of syntax)

yet
simply
God bless
you today
for the reason of
between
you and God
that’s love

and in wisdom might
be tied a little tighter by
the need
by the terminus
of us

or simply because joy
is in the bonding
that doesn’t catch the air
as if to hold
but lets us breathe
rather
in freedom
by relationship

untyrannical
with interest in
the stewardship of all we are
by one
who counts
most practically
by numbers that are love

for the sake
of intense belief
like startling eyes
yet
in all of us
yes
what that means
regardless
and respectful

work out that conundrum
while we live

and have
the blessing
in
the making and
the keeping

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photo by Liana S on Unsplash 
Kyiv, Ukraine