Drop the story for the real one
The one that’s happening inside
Drop the ego for the heart
Where there is no such thing as pride
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Sit in the gentle stillness
Where the truth is yet unknown
Be okay with the lack of answers
For you are never all alone
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In your great uncertainty
Find something greater than you had before –
Possibility: to be new, to be someone true
-er to you, beyond an open door
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Drop the story for the real one
The one that’s happening all around
Listen for the whispers
That speak to you, for you, without a sound
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Live in the vast and gentle question
Know you are never on your own
Hold your truth close, and your loved ones closer
By morning, darling, you will have grown
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“Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them.
And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
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Comments (9)
So timely, so gorgeous. Well done!! I love that quote, too.
Beautiful ✨❤️
Beautiful poem and I love the explanation at the end ❤️
I like this it feels like a way to say let the true you come through
I love a thought-provoking piece and this fits the bill in a big way. SO glad Paul highlighted it! Loved it!
For every question answered, another horde appear in its wake. Fortunately, I haven't managed to answer any as of yet, so I'm completely oblivious to the vast expanse of my ignorance.
Beautiful poem.
This is beautiful, Joelle. Love how you positively tie it up at the end, and love the quote after your poem. Very philosophical and thought-provoking, but lovely through and through!
“By morning darling you will have grown.” That finishing line says it all… be patient… all your questions will eventually be answered and you will have grown in the process. A lovely poem.