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    • #70909
      Poets corner
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      This is not a post for advice but I found this poem helpful today and thought I would share it in case others found it helpful.
      It is by the poet Mary Oliver, who died today. RIP.

      The Journey

      One day you finally knew
      what you had to do, and began,
      though the voices around you
      kept shouting
      their bad advice –
      though the whole house
      began to tremble
      and you felt the old tug
      at your ankles.
      “Mend my life!”
      each voice cried.
      But you didn’t stop.
      You knew what you had to do,
      though the wind pried
      with its stiff fingers
      at the very foundations,
      though their melancholy
      was terrible.
      It was already late
      enough, and a wild night,
      and the road full of fallen
      branches and stones.
      But little by little,
      as you left their voices behind,
      the stars began to burn
      through the sheets of clouds,
      and there was a new voice
      which you slowly
      recognized as your own,
      that kept you company
      as you strode deeper and deeper
      into the world,
      determined to do
      the only thing you could do –
      determined to save
      the only life you could save.

    • #70914
      Iwantmeback
      Participant

      I like that very much @Poetscorner, thank you for sharing it with us. 💜
      IWMB 💕💕

    • #70938
      lover of no contact
      Participant

      So do I. It is very appropriate. Thank you. May she RIP.

    • #70948

      thank you those are wonderful words and it helped me today
      ftc
      x

    • #70961
      Halfwayout
      Participant

      Thanks @poetscorner & Mary Oliver 💕 Its perfect.

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