[Thespiritexpress] New poem from Amanda Gorman

[Riantee Rand]

Thank you for sharing Eric and Lydia.
Great poem, a message I want to hear over and over. . .
. . . when everything hurts
may everything change.
xoxo
R


> On May 30, 2022, at 18:39, Eric Stromberger via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Maybe everything hurts,
>>> Our hearts shadowed & strange.
>>> But only when everything hurts
>>> May everything change.
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