Lightly Child, Lightly.

~ Live & Learn

 

When you were small, your cupped palms

each held a candlesworth under the skin,

enough light to begin…

~ Carol Ann Duffy, from The Light Gatherer in “Collected Poems”

 

Notes:

  • Photo Credit.  Poem: Thank you Beth @ Alive on All Channels
  • Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”

22 thoughts on “Lightly Child, Lightly.”

  9. Carol Ann Duffy, I recognized her name from another poem you shared in the past. Is she also one of your followers? /// candlesworth’s and the cupped hands image makes me think of three little sisters warming their hands in the morning over the light and warmth of a candles flame, there faces a glow…

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