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Old 10-02-2013, 08:26 PM   #11
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I grew unwittingly apart
from the world in which I was born
and can no longer walk again
among the things of the earth.

We know that even love is a possession,
but we can’t keep from praying
that life will go on.
And we accept the poverty of our prayers.

I can possess nothing,
though I love
trees, clouds, people.

I can only discard
my overflowing heart—
hesitant to call that an act of love.

Reprinted without permission. One poem from "62 Sonnets" (1953) by Shuntaro Tanikawa copied from Thethepoetry.com 9/9/2011
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