Final Notations
Adrienne
Rich
it will not be simple, it will not be long
it will
take little time, it will take all your thought
it will take all your heart, it
will take all your breath
it will be short, it will not be simple
it will touch through your ribs, it will take all your
heart
it will not be long, it will occupy your thought
as a city is occupied,
as a bed is occupied
it will take all your flesh, it will not be simple
You are coming into us who cannot withstand you
you are
coming into us who never wanted to withstand you
you are taking parts of us
into places never planned
you are going far away with pieces of our lives
it will be short, it will take all your breath
it will
not be simple, it will become your will
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Reading poetry has always been a pleasure for me and has become a profound source of comfort during a time of great distress. It has taught me something of the universal nature of sorrow and grief. I know God lives and loves me ; I find great strength in my faith but life is hard and difficult things happen that will break your heart and reshape it into a wholly different organ. While I work on my relationship to my Father and my Savior, who always watch over us, and whose presence I feel in my life, my soul acknowledges and responds to the depth of human emotions found in studying the artistic expressions birthed from the struggle of another on life's journey.
