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Susan O'Dell, Ph.D.

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Susan O'Dell

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Hymn for the Hurting

May 31, 2022 SOBVKJHL9876

Everything hurts,
Our hearts are shadowed and strange,
Minds made muddied and mute.
We carry tragedy, terrifying and true.
And yet none of it is new;
We knew it as home.
As horror,
As heritage.
Even our children
Cannot be children,
Cannot be.
Everything hurts.
It’s a hared time to be alive,
And even harder to stay that way.
We’re burdened to live out these days,
While at the same time, blessed to outlive them.
This alarm is how we know
We must be altered–
That we must differ or die,
That we must triumph or try.
Thus while hate cannot be terminated,
It can be transformed
Into a love that lets us live.
May we not just grieve, but give:
May we not just ache, but act;
May our signed right to bear arms
Never blind our sight from shared harm;
May we choose our children over chaos.
May another innocent never be lost.
Maybe everything hurts,
Our hearts shadowed and strange.
But only when everything hurts
May everything change.
By Amanda Gorman

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Blog: Down to Earth Musings

  • Blessing When The World is Ending October 19, 2023
  • Watch Your Thoughts August 2, 2022
  • Hymn for the Hurting May 31, 2022
  • Note to Self: September 18, 2020
  • Intersections and Crossings October 21, 2019

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