Then
The human world
kicks you in the head
again and again—
so you must seek beyond the No,
the song of dried beech leaves
ringing in the brittle wind,
a hollow tone to shiver you
like a tuning fork,
so the healing bell inside yourself
will resound, in quietness,
with Yes
and Yes and Yes.
by Laura Foley, first published in One Art
Editor’s Note: Like the best haiku, this poem takes a single image and applies it to the human experience with an emphasis many of us can understand.
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