in my teens, twenties, then
more completely in my thirties
I gave myself to words
trained myself to say ravenous
instead of hungry, indisposed instead of
sick, dormant not quiet
I thought: I'll grow in synonyms
until better translations come along
thought spirituality must
be about sophistication until I
saw the naked power in words
like: no, help, and please.
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words: Peter Schwartz, Maine (Sitrah Ahra)
image: Jeff Crouch, Texas (more)
1 comment:
"What we thought we knew", perhaps it was what was missing we thought we knew. Good writing!
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