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WOW! Thank you so much for sharing this powerful poem! I love her choice of words and the clarity with which she speaks from the heart. May her voice be heard.
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<blockquote type="cite" class="">On May 30, 2022, at 6:39 PM, Eric Stromberger via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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Amanda, for those that did not catch the Inauguration speech, is the Poet Laureate that gave that speech.<br class="">
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<div class="">*<font class="">Hymn For the Hurting *by Amanda Gorman
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<blockquote type="cite" class=""><font class="">Everything hurts,<br class="">
Our hearts shadowed and strange,<br class="">
Minds made muddied and mute.<br class="">
We carry tragedy, terrifying and true.<br class="">
And yet none of it is new;<br class="">
We knew it as home,<br class="">
As horror,<br class="">
As heritage.<br class="">
Even our children<br class="">
Cannot be children,<br class="">
Cannot be.<br class="">
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Everything hurts.<br class="">
It’s a hard time to be alive,<br class="">
And even harder to stay that way.<br class="">
We’re burdened to live out these days,<br class="">
While at the same time, blessed to outlive them.<br class="">
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This alarm is how we know<br class="">
We must be altered —<br class="">
That we must differ or die,<br class="">
That we must triumph or try.<br class="">
Thus while hate cannot be terminated,<br class="">
It /can /be transformed<br class="">
Into a love that lets us live.<br class="">
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May we not just grieve, but give:<br class="">
May we not just ache, but act;<br class="">
May our signed right to bear arms<br class="">
Never blind our sight from shared harm;<br class="">
May we choose our children over chaos.<br class="">
May another innocent never be lost.<br class="">
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Maybe everything hurts,<br class="">
Our hearts shadowed & strange.<br class="">
But only when everything hurts<br class="">
May everything change.<br class="">
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