A friend from work suggested I watch an interview that Oprah had with
Jon Kabat-Zinn and the interview was awesome. During their conversation,
the following poem was mentioned and all I can say is, “Wow”.
Very simple, yet profound. Enjoy. 🙂
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Love After Love
The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other’s welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.
~ by Derek Walcott ~
11 comments
Wow what a nice poem it is one of those that one wishes he wrote her self
thanks for making it available
“Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.”
That is the most loving part and it is kinda fascination which will be a reality for me someday. Thanks for sharing such a nice poem.
Hi Bill and Webkinz, thanks for stopping by and glad you enjoyed the poem. 🙂
I read the poem and I have to say it was amazing. It really is simple, but very beautiful and makes perfect sense.
Thanks for sharing that with everyone.
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Stumbled my way here. Great poem. Fits the day I’m having
Hi Ventress, welcome and thanks so much for stopping by. Wow, very cool. Oprah did say that this is one of her favorite poems of all time, and it is fast becoming one of my favorites. Thanks again. 🙂
Greetings, Natasha! Just navigated my way over here from a raw food site, found this awesome poem here, and experienced the grooviest deja vu!! This very poem was printed in the “Live Your Best Life” section of the 2004 March issue of O Magazine, and I was so touched by it then that I clipped and kept it (which is why I can so easily give the date)! Lovely, isn’t it?…Blessings, Ventress
Hey there Barbara, thanks for stopping by and you’re very welcome. 🙂
Hi Natasha,
That is beautiful.
Thanks for sharing a fantastic find.
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Heya Z, you’re very welcome. 🙂
Very nice 🙂 Thanks for sharing lady!
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