Savor the Sweet Taste of Simply Being

Music: The Fall.
By Peter Rudenko. Performed by Peter Rudenko at the Free Music Archive
under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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Savor the sweet taste of simply being,
Indulging in the luxury of rest,
X-ing out the voices that complain
That doing something useful might be best.
Yet what could be more useful and more freeing? Feel the quiet ecstasy of seeing.
Open up a room within your breast,
Untenanted but for a silent guest,
Returned because you are alone again.

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