This poignant quote is from the distinguished poet Mary Oliver.
Have you read her poem The Journey? The quote and the poem would seem to go hand-in-hand. Mary wrote mostly about nature, but occasionally, as in The Journey, she wrote about the human condition.
Read The Journey here.
“…there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own…”
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Love her. Such food for thought
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Indeed., VJ. Your own poetry tells me that you know her words deeply. Me too.
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