Tuesday, March 26, 2024

To Live in This World, Mary Oliver

to live in this world

you must be able to do three things

to love what is mortal

to hold it against your bones

knowing your own life depends on it 

and, when the time comes

to let it go

to let it go

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This one. When I read it, I close my eyes and picture hugging my closest people. Arms around them. And it's comforting. And then, letting go. And it's life. We can't hold on forever. But it's comforting all the same.

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