Even now,
decades after,
I wash my face with cold water -
not for discipline,
nor memory,
nor the icy, awakening slap,
but to practice
choosing
to make the unwanted wanted.
Jane Hirshfield ( from Given Sugar, Given Salt )
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cathy_edgett) wrote,
Heart Happy
cathy_edgett
Poem by Jane Hirshfield!
Even now,
decades after,
I wash my face with cold water -
not for discipline,
nor memory,
nor the icy, awakening slap,
but to practice
choosing
to make the unwanted wanted.
Jane Hirshfield ( from Given Sugar, Given Salt )
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