Wednesday, April 30, 2014

All my life’s a struggle with water and wind







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All my life’s a struggle with water and wind.
two against one must be my story—
as I make my way into the earth
under the waves. There’s no country
I can call my own. But I’ve learned
to grow strong by being still. I know
if I fail I’ll be broken, and all
that’s part of me will be torn from me.
Let me find my place
among the stones, and be held.



–Lawrence Raab
from The Word Exchange
Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation



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