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Kätzchen · 12-02-2017, 06:50 PM

Touched By An Angel

Maya Angelou

We, accustomed to courage
Exiles from delight
Live coiled in shells of loneliness
Until live leaves its high holy temple
And comes into our sight
To liberate us into life.

Love arrives
And in its train come ecstacies
Old memories of pleasure
Ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
Love strikes away the chains of fear
From our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
We dare be brave
And suddenly we see
That love costs all we are
And will ever be.
Yet it is only love
Which sets us free.

Angelou, M. The Complete Collected Poems Of Maya Angelou. Random House, 1994.

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Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Relationship Status: Attached to my granddaughter & chosen friends and family.. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Enjoying life @ home ツ Posts: 16,111 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,657 Thanked 33,537 Times in 10,658 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	Touched By An Angel Maya Angelou We, accustomed to courage Exiles from delight Live coiled in shells of loneliness Until live leaves its high holy temple And comes into our sight To liberate us into life. Love arrives And in its train come ecstacies Old memories of pleasure Ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, Love strikes away the chains of fear From our souls. We are weaned from our timidity In the flush of love's light We dare be brave And suddenly we see That love costs all we are And will ever be. Yet it is only love Which sets us free. Angelou, M. The Complete Collected Poems Of Maya Angelou. Random House, 1994. __________________ “If you’re ever in doubt choose yourself,” — thehannahcollective.