National Poetry Month: Alice Walker

I know I have been MIA for a couple of days, but I have still continued to read and write poetry.

Tonight, I want to share a poem by Alice Walker that cheered me up during my illness. I hope it will brighten your world too!

Peace,

T. Amour

Before you knew you owned it

Expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.
become a stranger
To need of pity
Or, if compassion be freely
Given out
Take only enough
Stop short of urge to plead
Then purge away the need.

Wish for nothing larger
Than your own small heart
Or greater than a star;
Tame wild disappointment
With caress unmoved and cold
Make of it a parka
For your soul.

Discover the reason why
So tiny human midget
Exists at all
So scared unwise
But expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.