The Risk Of Gratefulness

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Written By Jane Marczewski
Nightbirde's poem The Risk of Gratefulness from her poetry book Poems for the Dark

Photo by: Jacqueline Day

We don't get to choose in this life whether or not we suffer

But we do get to choose what we are willing to suffer for

 

We can suffer the darkness of a closed heart

Or from the wounds welcomed with an open heart

The wounds of one that risked the pain that comes with love

 

So I will take the risk of gratefulness

Of kindness, and good will, and hope for the best

And the leap of believing that I am fully accepted as I am

And that I have a place here

 

Written by: NIGHTBIRDE aka Jane Marczewski

Photo by: Jacqueline Day

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