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Sing. Will you sing my song?
Pray. Will you pray my prayer?
I once stood here. Resign me now –
My breath will linger in the air.
This peal of bells will echo me
For I have stood within their chime –
And I have climbed the narrow stair
And stood behind the face of time.
So I confess my sins, my dreams –
The holy and the broken vows –
Confess my negligence and hate –
Confess my faith, confess my love
With hallelujahs in the light –
And in this dark – a narrow gate.
Included in Poems 3.
Stephen Halliday 