Friday, March 25, 2016

The Uses of Sorrow (Mary Oliver)



   (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, Thirst



    Image source:  Crucifixion, S. Stefano, Verona (courtesy of Fr. Patrick Michaels)
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