POETRY: LOVE AFTER LOVE & Weekend Gratitude
Sunday Sep 30 2007
JOY Project + Poe-Ahh-Tree
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LOVE AFTER LOVE (by Derek Walcott) The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf, the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.© Derek Walcott
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What a beautiful weekend I had…from start to finish. FavCus#1 and I gathered at her house Friday night with two of her neighbors who I laughingly dubbed “the Martini Virgins”. (They are no more. LOL) What a great time we had. Each person brought something to nibble on, FavCus#1 played bartender/DJ, and we laughed and talked the night away. Stirred up some coffee with kahlua to go with our dessert. Before we knew it, it was 12:30am and we were vowing to do this again. Soon.
Saturday, I hung out with my friend T who is such a beautiful person – inside and out. T is another person who finds tremendous joy in EVERYTHING she does. We attended a booksigning/reading for an amazing poet out of DC, I made some connections with a local bookstore owner whose spirit just oozed peace and purpose. T and I shoe-shopped where I fell into two pairs of straight up s-i-n. (Somehow, I managed to walk away though I do here those wicked things calling to me still. I’m trying to be strong.) We popped into a couple of stores and then headed to Outback to enjoy dinner and more conversation. A 10-hour day where not a single second was not full of laughter, fun, joy.
Today? I’m chilling. Being grateful for life. Being grateful for simply being me and letting that be more than enough. Wondering through my poetry collections, I stumbled upon that Derek Walcott poem. It truly truly makes my heart sing and is the absolute perfect way to cap off this sunny, joy-filled weekend. And you know what? I hope that your weekend was even more sunny, joy-filled. You deserve it.
Live DELICIOUSLY!
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Coffee and Kahlua…mmmmmm. Shoe shopping…ooooh. Sounds like a fabulous weekend.
LOL - it twas indeed Single Ma, it twas indeed. Me loving life right about now. *giggle*
Sounds like a FABULOUS time indeed. I ran into some shoe sin as well…I didn’t win though and returned home with two pair of shoes and one pair of boots! WHEEEEE!
Awwwww! No fair!! Man, dem shoes is still calling me. I’m trying to fight it but my defenses are weakened by ankle straps and peep toes. Dang it, I need boots too.
luv the poem!!! i’m lovin life right about now too….had the same sort of weekend….tons of fun with the girls, laughing, drinking & some good food. can’t beat that!!! Stay Blessed!!!
UKD - I do to. I think I’m gonna print it, add some artwork to it and frame it. It sooooo sealed this weekend for me. Keep rising!
man, that’s one blessing of a weekend. we all need moments like those filled with joy…renews the spirit. you sound like you’re in a good place right now.
It really was & I enjoyed every single minute. I agree - we all need to build those kinds of moments into our lives. I am in a good place - I think it’s a gentle reminder that there’s beauty even among the hard times.