from 'A Life for a Life':
Oh, the comfort-
the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person-
having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words,
but pouring them all right out,
just as they are,
chaff and grain together;
certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them,
keep what is worth keeping,
and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.
-Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826-1887)
I get an email each week with the "Poem of the Week." This one was just kinda pretty.
Posted by Matthew at July 25, 2002 04:38 PM