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Poem - If Only

10/20/2016

 
“Let him see you performing with love, some confident daily task…” Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies, translated from German to English by Stephen Mitchell
 
If only we could be faithful to what we have already become;
shedding labels that insist on limitation; embracing 
dreams that dredge up the past as “loving acceptances”:
 
If only we could have met that other part of ourselves before
being sworn into this pre-assigned role of guilt and regret…
determined to grow into Definite Somebodies, “lest we forget”!
 
Like a mistaken identity pinned to our absence at Family Reunions
by self-righteous relatives, we are a recurring nightmare faithfully
showing up at each confusion with a checkbook and pen…  
​
                                                                   --Carol Adler, from Chaconne, copyright, 2016
                                                            
 
 
 
 
 


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