W.O.W. Wednesday...The Thing Is by Ellen Bass

Happy Wednesday beautiful hearts!  I am totally loving the words of Ellen Bass in her poetry entitled, "The Thing Is."  This poem is a testament to all of the times that we have sworn off the outlines of life. The clear focus fades and we are left with shadows of heaviness and angst.  We profess that love is no longer welcome, that grief will consume our very essence, and that we can't endure a moment more...and then the magic of life begins again in the palms of our hands.  We hold this infinite friend and again fall in love.  

May you be inspired today to again hold your life in the palm of your hands.  To softly and sweetly embrace the ever changing tides of life...all the while affirming, "I will love you again."

May You Sweetly Seek:)
In Gratitude, 
​Sarah 

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The Thing Is....
"to love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it
and everything you've held dear
crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,
your throat filled with the silt of it.
When grief sits with you, its tropical heat
thickening the air, heavy as water
more fit for gills than lungs;
when grief weights you like your own flesh
only more of it, an obesity of grief,
you think, How can a body withstand this?
Then you hold life like a face
between your palms, a plain face,
no charming smile, no violet eyes,
and you say, yes, I will take you
I will love you, again."

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