A Great Need

Out

Of a great need

We are all holding hands

And climbing.

Not loving is a letting go.

Listen,

The terrain around here

Is

Far too

Dangerous

For

That.

 

         – Hafiz of Shiraz

         (translated by Daniel Ladinsky)

This poem speaks to how dangerous situations demand we pull together. Write a poem, beginning “Out of a great need…” that explores what and whom you gain support from.
Describe the dangerous terrain you find yourself in. What does it look like? What makes it dangerous? How are you navigating it.
Where are you on the slope of your life? What can you see from here?

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