22/01/2006

Nothing lasts

"Nothing lasts" -

how bitterly the thought attends each loss.

 

"Nothing lasts" -

a promise also of consolation.

 

Grief and hope

the skipping rope's two ends,

twin daughters of impatience.

 

One wears a dress of wool, the other cotton.

 

- Jane Hirshfield

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