box of darkness
Aug 18th, 2008 | By Sinclair | Category: poetryThe Uses of Sorrow
(In my sleep I dreamed this poem)
Someone I loved once gave me a
box full of darkness.
It took me years to understand
that this, too, was a gift.
Mary Oliver
from Thirst













This helped today, thanks
Wow.
More tears.
Thanks.
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