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Anders Hillborg
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One clear night while the others slept
I climbed the stairs to the roof of the house
And under a sky strewn with stars
I gazed at the sea, at the spread of it
The rolling crests of it raked by the wind
Becoming like bits of lace tossed in the air
I stood in the long, whispering night
Waiting for something, a sign
The approach of a distant light
And I imagined you coming closer
The dark waves of your hair mingling with the sea
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And the dark became desire, and desire the arriving light
The nearness, the momentary warmth of you
As I stood on that lonely height watching the slow swells of the sea
Break on the shore and turn briefly into glass and disappear
Why did I believe you would come out of nowhere?
Why with all that the world offers would you come only because I was here?
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