[Thespiritexpress] New poem from Amanda Gorman

[lee michel alley]

Yes, thank you for sharing.It’s very poignant.
With love,
Lee

> On May 31, 2022, at 8:23 AM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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 
>>> 
>>>> 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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