When I read this poem a lot of emotions and unique thoughts came back to me. Some things I have never been able to fully express or describe and to me, this poem did that perfectly for certain things in my life. I really appreciate this poem and as I read it I feel like I am floating, I feel like I become whatever the poem is talking about, I get swept away into another world. A world of freedom and love. A world of compassion and expression but, above all a world of hope.
So, for all of these reasons I chose this poem to post and respond to. It captures a lot of what I was looking for and I can really appreciate and connect with it.
Touched by an Angel: By Maya Angelou
We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
to liberate us into life.
Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes the chains of fear
from our souls.
We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
we dare to be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.
1 comment:
The poem offers some hope in love, but shows so much of the brokenness of people. What parts/ideas did you relate most with? I agree that this poem sweeps you into its world, but how? I enjoy your poem choice and hope you did too. Keep pushing yourself in the reflections.
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