[Thespiritexpress] New poem from Amanda Gorman

[erics at mcn.org]

Amanda, for those that did not catch the Inauguration speech, is the Poet Laureate that gave that speech.

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> *Hymn For the Hurting *by Amanda Gorman 
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>> Everything hurts,
>> Our hearts shadowed and strange,
>> Minds made muddied and mute.
>> We carry tragedy, terrifying and true.
>> And yet none of it is new;
>> We knew it as home,
>> As horror,
>> As heritage.
>> Even our children
>> Cannot be children,
>> Cannot be.
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>> Everything hurts.
>> It’s a hard time to be alive,
>> And even harder to stay that way.
>> We’re burdened to live out these days,
>> While at the same time, blessed to outlive them.
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>> This alarm is how we know
>> We must be altered —
>> That we must differ or die,
>> That we must triumph or try.
>> Thus while hate cannot be terminated,
>> It /can /be transformed
>> Into a love that lets us live.
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>> May we not just grieve, but give:
>> May we not just ache, but act;
>> May our signed right to bear arms
>> Never blind our sight from shared harm;
>> May we choose our children over chaos.
>> May another innocent never be lost.
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>> Maybe everything hurts,
>> Our hearts shadowed & strange.
>> But only when everything hurts
>> May everything change.
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