box of darkness

Posted on August 18, 2008 in poetry | 5 Comments

The 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

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5 Responses to “box of darkness”

  1. greg
    August 19th, 2008 @ 3:10 am

    This helped today, thanks

  2. !spark!
    August 19th, 2008 @ 6:18 am

    Wow.

    More tears.

    Thanks.

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