Comforting Thought: Sunrise by Mary Oliver

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You can

die for it –

an idea

or the world. People

have done so,

brilliantly,

letting

their small bodies be bound

to the stake,

creating an unforgettable

fury of light. But

this morning,

climbing the familiar hills

in the familiar

fabric of the dawn, I thought

of China

and India

and Europe, and I thought

how the sun

blazes for everyone just

so joyfully

as it rises

under the lashes

of my own eyes, and I thought

I am so many!

What is my name?

What is the name

of the deep breath I would take

over and over

for all of us? Call it

Whatever you want, it is

happiness, it is another one

of the ways to enter

fire.

Mary Oliver
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Quote extracted from: Mary Oliver – New and Selected Poems

Mary Oliver - New and Selected Poems
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