"And lo,"
he said,
"the kingdom of God
is like unto a bride, who,
in the whisper of an evening breeze,
suffused with the saffron of a setting sun,
lets drop her robe 
and stands naked before her beloved,
and in that moment
    claims herself,
and in that moment,
    surrenders herself,
and in that moment,
    finds absolution,
and in that moment,
    embraces freedom.

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