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The Hope of Loving

What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure?

I think it is the hope of loving,
or being loved.

I heard a fable once about the sun going on a journey
to find its source, and how the moon wept
without her lover’s
warm gaze.

We weep when light does not reach our hearts. We wither
like fields if someone close
does not rain their
kindness
upon
us.

From “Love Poems From God” by Daniel Ladinsky.

Copyright © 1999 by Daniel Ladinsky.

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3 Responses to “The Hope of Loving”

  1. Poem of the Day # 2 « Shakespeareans08’s Weblog Says:
    October 8th, 2008 at 3:59 am

    [...] The Hope of Loving [...]

  2. doris Says:
    October 19th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    beautiful

  3. cindy Says:
    October 26th, 2008 at 9:14 am

    this is some thing that you can’t really believ because you will see it and you will start cry or to read so if can read it don’t tell no one =]

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