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Submerged

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I have known only my own shallows -     Safe, plumbed places,     Where I was wont to preen myself.     But for the abyss     I wanted a plank beneath     And horizons...     I was afraid of the silence     And the slipping toe-hold...     Oh, could I now dive     Into the unexplored deeps of me -     Delve and bring up and give     All that is submerged, encased, unfolded,     That is yet the best.

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