Interrupted

My Life Thus Far
2006-08-30 03:28:55 (UTC)

I Will Not Die...

I WILL NOT DIE AN UNLIVED LIFE.
I WILL NOT LIVE IN FEAR
OF FALLING OR CATCHING FIRE.
I CHOOSE TO INHABIT MY DAYS,
TO ALLOW MY LIVING TO OPEN ME,
TO MAKE ME LESS AFRAID,
MORE ACCESSIBLE,
TO LOOSEN MY HEART
UNTIL IT BECOMES A WING,
A TORCH, A PROMISE.
I CHOOSE TO RISK MY SIGNIFICANCE,
TO LIVE SO THAT WHICH CAME TO ME AS SEED
GOES TO THE NEXT AS BLOSSOM,
AND THAT WHICH CAME TO ME AS BLOSSOM,
GOES ON AS FRUIT.

- Dawna Markova


This poem was on the front page of the Live Your Best Life
section, in the September edition of O magazine (Oprah's
magazine). This is what I want for myself. This is how I
want to live. I wrote it here to remind me long after the
magazine is gone...




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