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Beyond What
We reach for destinies beyond
what we have come to know
and in the romantic hush
of promises
perceive each
the other’s life
as known mystery.
Shared. But inviolate.
No melting. No squeezing
into One.
We swing our eyes around
as well as side to side
to see the world.
To choose, renounce,
this, or that−
call it a council between equals
call it love.
Alice Walker
I love that. Thank you for sharing, Vasilly!
Lovely!
very pretty!
Love the picture.
Nymeth, Lu, Marie, and Michelle: I’m so glad you liked the poem!
That is lovely! I don’t think I’d ever read any poetry by Alice Walker.