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ExNameForUse 54F
4236 posts
2/1/2023 10:41 am
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ExNameForUse 54F
5766 posts
2/1/2023 10:43 am

WAIT

Wait, for now.
Distrust everything, if you have to.
But trust the hours. Haven’t they
carried you everywhere, up to now?
Personal events will become interesting again.
Hair will become interesting.
Pain will become interesting.
Buds that open out of season will become lovely again.
Second-hand gloves will become lovely again,
their memories are what give them
the need for other hands. And the desolation
of lovers is the same: that enormous emptiness
carved out of such tiny beings as we are
asks to be filled; the need
for the new love is faithfulness to the old.

Wait.
Don’t go too early.
You’re tired. But everyone’s tired.
But no one is tired enough.
Only wait a while and listen.
Music of hair,
Music of pain,
music of looms weaving all our loves again.
Be there to hear it, it will be the only time,
most of all to hear,
the flute of your whole existence,
rehearsed by the sorrows, play itself into total exhaustion.

Galway Kinnell


drmgirl622 68F  
26175 posts
2/1/2023 12:14 pm

Give life a chance and it will ultimately surprise you.


ExNameForUse replies on 2/2/2023 12:41 am:
I can only imagine how difficult it is for those who don't believe in giving chances any more.

bdsmDOMdaddy 61M
4221 posts
2/1/2023 1:16 pm

life is for the living
time heals all sorrow
life is worth living


ExNameForUse replies on 2/2/2023 12:44 am:
I believe it is about finding your own purpose. Whatever that may be. Purpose that will make each day worth leaving the bed.

boh99 68M
3169 posts
2/1/2023 2:50 pm

I understand how a pain can be so deep, anguish so great that every day is a burden. Once someone I loved trusted me with the words "I don't know how I can keep on living with this". I listened, we made a plan and prayed, and now 25 years later they're thriving.

what a beautiful poem - just wait, things can get better.


ExNameForUse replies on 2/2/2023 12:48 am:
It is beautiful to read that someone trusted you that much and that you were there to listen and help. How precious for both of you!
Sadness can be overwhelming.

jenny14 75T  
90457 posts
2/1/2023 10:38 pm

Ex

Yes! Depression can be a lethal disease and we must do all we can to help those who suffer from it!


A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw

Jenny


ExNameForUse replies on 2/2/2023 12:50 am:
Jenny, yes, depression can be leathal.
It is so important that we pay attention to those close to us, as there are always signs.
And to our own mind and thoughts as well, our body too. They all send us signs if something is not balanced, tuned well, or is becoming too much.

ChrisVersuchts 45M
19 posts
2/3/2023 1:09 am

Time will cover distress , memories stay, but life goes on. - Always


ExNameForUse replies on 2/3/2023 1:38 am:
We learn to adjust.


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