Love after love
The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other’s welcome,
And say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was yourself.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.
Derek Walcott
I don’t even know what to say to this. I just know I like it…and I’m going to print it out…and read it.
Please do Andy, please do.
Oh..love this, and others you have posted. Thank you for posting for all to read. You have a beautiful little space here. I’ll be back:)
Thank you so much and a warm welcome – back 🙂