In the Sea of Others 

Mark Nepo

 

It’s next to impossible to do this

alone. We need the loving truth of

others to be well. Inevitably, some

come with us are forever changed

while others watch as we’re forced

out to sea. It’s the power of love that

enables those who come along,

where a language of experience

is unearthed that can’t be translated

to those that stay behind.

 

 

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