My Own Vineyard

Song Cycle by Lauren Spavelko (b. 1989)

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My own vineyard I have not kept
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Note for line 1: This line comes from The Song of Songs.


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My own vineyard is mine to reclaim
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My own vineyard* I leave behind
For a moment in time
To taste the divine.
I am in the house of mercy^
And my heart is a place of prayer.^

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* from Song of Songs
^ Lines by Rumi

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 148