The Morning

[Intro]
"The Morning" by W. S. Merwin

[Spoken Word]
Would I love it this way if it could last?
Would I love it this way if it were the whole sky
The one heaven
Or if I could believe that it belonged to me?
A possession that was mine alone
Or if I imagined that it noticed me
Recognized me
And may have come to see me
Out of all the mornings that I never knew
And all those that I have forgotten
Would I love it this way if I were somewherе else?
Or if I werе younger for the first time?
Or if these very birds were not singing
Or I could not hear them
Or see their trees?
Would I love it this way if I were in pain?
Red torment of body or gray void of grief
Would I love it this way if I knew
That I would remember anything that is here now?
Anything, anything