But what about the light? — Lucynda N. Scheffer

there's sun in my teacup
Lucynda N. Scheffer is an alumnus of George Mason University. She is a lot of things, including a foreign exchange student, a big sister, and a preschool teacher. Stick around awhile. You might find something you like.
but what about the light







in the [[moment->Untitled Passage 2]] when you [[die->Untitled Passage 1]]
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[[tonight->Untitled Passage 2]] or [[tomorrow->Untitled Passage 3]] or [[tuesday->Untitled Passage 25]]

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[[I will miss you.->Untitled Passage 3]]

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if we are [[here->Untitled Passage 5]] in the [[valley between->Untitled Passage 4]]
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[[permanence->Untitled Passage 7]] and [[fleetingness->Untitled Passage 27]]; if we are [[hollow->Untitled Passage 5]]
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[[bones->Untitled Passage 4]] and [[cavernous chests->Untitled Passage 7]]; if there is [[nothing but->Untitled Passage 6]]
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if there is nothing but our [[flint->Untitled Passage 11]] and [[tinder;->Untitled Passage 8]]
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[[then->Untitled Passage 25]] [[what?->Untitled Passage 9]]
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in the [[midst->Untitled Passage 11]] of our [[voids,->Untitled Passage 10]]
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here in the [[abyss->Untitled Passage 26]] [[before->Untitled Passage 12]] and the null that [[awaits->Untitled Passage 11]]
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we shine as [[sparks->Untitled Passage 13]]
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If we speak of [[ships->Untitled Passage 29]] bound to [[sink->Untitled Passage 15]] and watch them [[sink;->Untitled Passage 14]]
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and never mind the [[lighthouse->Untitled Passage 3]]; if we [[sing->Untitled Passage 29]] to [[Saint Erasmus;->Untitled Passage 15]]
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how can we forget those [[sailing->Untitled Passage 29]] smooth and [[unburnt?->Untitled Passage 16]]
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In your glimmer of [[light->Untitled Passage 25]], there is every [[color->Untitled Passage 21]] you'll never [[see.->Untitled Passage 17]]
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when we [[breathe we breathe->Untitled Passage 19]] what [[once->Untitled Passage 18]]
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was exhaled; when we speak we speak words [[that->Untitled Passage 19]](live: 5s)[(goto: "Untitled Passage 19")]
was spoken; we are mirrored pools [[of->Untitled Passage 20]]

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water and light; how can we not see every brilliant [[color->Untitled Passage 21]]
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in every [[breath->Untitled Passage 23]] we [[breathe?->Untitled Passage 22]]
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[[in->Untitled Passage 3]] [[the last->Untitled Passage 40]] [[moment->Untitled Passage 24]] [[when you->Untitled Passage 41]] [[die->Untitled Passage 23]]
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in your last [[heartbeat->Untitled Passage 30]] [[as your breath->Untitled Passage 41]] [[cools->Untitled Passage 24]]

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[[I will miss you.->Starting Point]]
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[[But what about the light?->Untitled Passage]]

How to play:
Click a word, and it'll take you to a new line in the poem.
Leave it alone, and it will automatically take you to a line.[[hollowness->Untitled Passage 8]]; if we are [[wonderful,->Untitled Passage 7]] (live: 5s)[(goto: "Untitled Passage 7")]
there is [[breath->Untitled Passage 25]] and [[breath alone->Untitled Passage 13]], [[and->Untitled Passage 11]][[what if->Untitled Passage 13]], [[what if->Untitled Passage 9]], what if?[[what if->Untitled Passage 18]], [[what if->Untitled Passage 22]], [[what if->Untitled Passage 3]]?[[hearts->Untitled Passage 8]] which do not yet [[know how to beat->Untitled Passage 5]]; [[if we are->Untitled Passage 6]]your [[pulse thrums->Untitled Passage 11]], [[alive->Untitled Passage 10]] and [[beating->Untitled Passage 12]][[what wind fills the sails?->Untitled Passage 16]][[i will miss you.->Untitled Passage 31]]but what is [[missing?->Untitled Passage 33]] [[why does my->Untitled Passage 34]] [[soul->Untitled Passage 32]]long to be near to [[yours?->Untitled Passage 33]] why does my [[soul->Untitled Passage 34]]ache in your [[absense?->Untitled Passage 32]] why does your [[soul->Untitled Passage 34]][[reach->Untitled Passage 36]] out among the [[cosmos->Untitled Passage 35]]what bright spark do we [[burn?->Untitled Passage 36]]but what about the light?your light, my light, our sparks that shine[[in the->Untitled Passage 37]] [[void->Untitled Passage 39]]in this, the [[moment->Untitled Passage 41]] of your [[death->Untitled Passage 40]]definitively here, now, not tuesdayI miss you.