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Experience

from Compassioning by Bruce F. Singer

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Put down this poem
and pick up your life.
It is waiting for you
like a favorite sweater
tucked into a corner of your closet.
Unfold it. Try it on.
If it is too big,
you will grow into it.
If it is too tight,
it will stretch in time.
If moths have chewed holes
in the sleeves and chest,
remember
it is not the material the moths seek
but the aroma of sweat,
the invisible crumbs of food
that let them know
a human being has been here.

A wren is singing outside your window.
Turn off this track.
Now.
Turn on your life.
Now.
It is screaming at you.
Overcaffeinated. Overtired.
Sugared up.
It is ready for an argument.
It is dying to make love.
It is sobbing inconsolably.
It is willing to forgive you.

Seriously, how many times
do I have to say it?
Stop listening to this.
Stop thinking about it.
Stop.
Your house is on fire.
You are sleepwalking off a ledge.
Mother Earth is tired of having her letters
returned from you
stamped address unknown.
How many messages
does God have to send
before you realize
you are the messenger?

One day
should you return here
wearing your sweater
tattered and torn,
this poem will still be waiting.
You may be weary.
You may be broken.
Penniless or rich.
Your heart may shimmer
with the light of thirty thousand sunsets.
Your grandchildren
and great grandchildren
may carry you aloft,
light as a feather.
You may stagger forward
with your vanquished daughter
limp in your outstretched arms.

Pick up this poem then.
And should you desire,
finish it yourself
with the truth
of your own
experience.

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from Compassioning, released October 1, 2021

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Bruce F. Singer Danbury, Connecticut

Bruce F. Singer is a healer, poet, recording artist, meditation leader, and author of a book of daily affirmations for people with chronic pain and illness called "Black Duck Moments Every Day." His musical vision is wide-ranging and he is constantly seeking new paths to explore on his musical journey. ... more

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