I've decided to go on
and live my life
because no one else can;
if I don't who will.
I've decided
because I have two feet
to learn to stand up on them.
I've decided to accept the tide
that breaks but repeats its motion
unceasingly, confidently.
It returns with love and more love.
There is no permanent recession about it.
I want to accept that it's important
I do this because someone dear
is down the road loving me,
someone I haven't met.
Let the someone I meet
be me.
from Something I have to Say,
1986
Feeling Your Deepest Feelings
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Praise glory to those who feel
their depths,
who do not mask their tears,
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