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What I Didn’t Know

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 6, 2025| 6 Comments »


 
 
At last I am learning it’s okay
to be scared to the marrow
and still show up whole-hearted.
No shame it took so long
to learn this truth,
just giddy relief to finally trust
I can be clenched like a hedgehog
or poised as a snake
and still be open to finding love
at the center of what scares me.
And when I find no sprig of love there,
that is the chance
to offer love to the world
any way I know how—
with a gift, with my time,
with words, with touch,
or with a simple act of kindness.
And if I find I have no love
to muster, then that is the chance
to plant seeds of love in whatever
soil I find. And amend the ground.
And bring light. Bring water.

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Maybe Next Time

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on August 1, 2015| 1 Comment »

All that sweeping and dusting

and straightening, oh foolish woman,

trying to please you with my efficiency

when what your heart really wanted

was something wild, overflowing with honey

and spilling sweetness all over

those clean, clean floors.

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