If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy,

don’t hesitate.

Give in to it.

There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be.

We are not wise, and not very often kind.

And much can never be redeemed.

Still life has some possibility left.

Perhaps this is its way of fighting back,

that sometimes something happened better than all the riches or power in the world.

It could be anything,

but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins.

Anyway, that’s often the case.

Anyway, whatever it is,

don’t be afraid of its plenty.

Joy is not made to be a crumb.

(Don’t Hesitate)

— Mary Oliver, Swan: Poems and Prose

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• All That You Touch, You Change
• I Wanted My Life To Close
• Destroy Your Reputation.
• Lovers Don’t Finally Meet Somewhere. They’re In Each Other All Along
• Am Searching For A Secret Recipe
• I Say Take Them Back But You Never Do
• Your Task Is Not To Seek For Love