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“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” Herman Hesse
At The Very Least
In the letting go
a surrendering,
a vulnerability to the next moment,
the unknown cusp,
and emerging possibility
that begs an openness to
the prospect of wound
as we hold the past
while living forwards,
the search,
the endless search for meaning,
identity in graduated slivers
never fully revealed
a pocket full of vanity
spread thinly,
always looking,
never sure,
but somehow
at the very least,
a willingness to begin.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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I wouldn’t recommend jumping off buildings, but this is advice I give to my grandchildren. Always encouraging, live life to the fullest, experience new things.
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That endless search for meaning or for happiness can be incredibly painful, as can holding on to the past. Painfully sad and it’s hard to move forward but having an open heart and fostering a little hope for the future is so important. This is such a poignant, well written piece. Very nicely done.
Caz x
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Thank you so much for sharing that Caz, yes, it can really be painful.
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What a great verse Paul, and something that resonates through myself unfortunately. After all these years I’m finally willing to begin.
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Thank you so much for that and for sharing a slice of your journey. I think we get there with age really.
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Absolutely!!
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🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you Charles 🙂
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The willingness to begin is everything.
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Absolutely Liz, and thank you.
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