Then a famous poet gave me a warning I didn’t understand—until now
Tears down to my chin
That time
I thought I could not
go any closer to grief
without dying
I went closer,
and I did not die.
(thank you Mary Oliver)
I needed to hear a lot of what was written here. I feel like you just saved me from myself.
He also told me a story once (short version) about taking LSD with Allen Ginsburg and a few other beat poets and then going to a zoo to set all the animals free…so next time you have writer’s block, who knows where it will take it you!!!
Tears down to my chin
That time
I thought I could not
go any closer to grief
without dying
I went closer,
and I did not die.
(thank you Mary Oliver)
I needed to hear a lot of what was written here. I feel like you just saved me from myself.
He also told me a story once (short version) about taking LSD with Allen Ginsburg and a few other beat poets and then going to a zoo to set all the animals free…so next time you have writer’s block, who knows where it will take it you!!!