<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">Falling</span><div style="font-size: 22px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Long before daybreak</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">none of the birds yet awake</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">rain comes down with the sound</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">of a huge wind rushing</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">through the valley trees</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">it comes down around us</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">all at the same time</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">and beyond it there is nothing</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">it falls without hearing itself</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">without knowing</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">there is anyone here</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">without seeing where it is</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">or where it is going</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">like a moment of great</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">happiness of our own</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">that we cannot remember</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">coasting with the lights off</span></div><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- W.S. Merlin</span></div></div></body></html>