Thoughts On...Poetry Wednesday

Today's spotlight is on Jane Hirshfield's "Amor Fati".

"Little soul,
you have wandered
lost a long time.
​
The woods all dark now,
birded and eyed.

Then a light, a cabin, a fire, a door standing open.

The fairy tales warn you:
Do not go in,
you who would eat will be eaten.

You go in. You quicken.

You want to have feet.
You want to have eyes.
You want to have fears."

I see the essence courage in the last slide.

Remember when you got that haircut you never thought you could pull off? Maybe you tried the chef's special instead of your usual tenders and fries. Even bigger - maybe, you asked them out anyway regardless of the possible "no".