W3 – acceptance

There is a crack, a crack in everything
Unreachable perfection
Acceptance is the lesson
Don’t dwell on what has passed away
distortion  now, flawless then
Forget your perfect offering
Darkness can be a blessing

W3 prompt this week is from Angela, she offers us the poem below to use 2 or 3 lines from it and write our own poem. 

Anthem’ lyrics ( Leonard Cohen )

The birds they sang
At the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what has passed away
Or what is yet to be

Ah, the wars they will be fought again
The holy dove, she will be caught again
Bought and sold, and bought again
The dove is never free

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in

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  10. Hi, Elizabeth!

    MAZAL TOV! Ange has selected you as our “PoW” for this week!

    I’ve emailed you at te…er@outlook.com with “next steps” ~ if you haven’t received my email (sometimes they end up in people’s spam folders), please email me directly at:

    DVDBGMLNY at GMAIL dot COM

    Thanks!

    Much love,
    David

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  11. Dear Elizabeth, there were so many fantastic entries this week, I have had a difficult task in selecting POW, but I kept coming back to this one for me it’s the acknowledgement that sometimes we just have to accept the darkness from it will come light ❤️ – therfore I am so pleased to say you are my Poet of the week 🙌

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  16. Yes, it all changes… even if we could be perfect, whatever that means, it wouldn’t stay. I often remind myself that all I need to do is to leave space for improvement, inviting Life to fill it.

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    1. Dear Meg, I love ‘space for improvement’, it’s difficult to admit that there is no perfection, everything has a flaw, it hurts so much when we realize it.

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  21. Your words b͏eaut͏ifully ͏embrac͏e l͏if͏e’s ͏imp͏erf͏ect͏ions, h͏ighl͏ight͏ing th͏e profound truth that ͏in cracks, w͏e d͏iscov͏er th͏e b͏eauty of auth͏ent͏ic͏ity. ͏I onc͏e stood b͏efor͏e a mosa͏ic, ͏each p͏i͏ec͏e un͏iqu͏e, a part of th͏e whol͏e. Th͏e cracks b͏etw͏e͏en th͏em h͏eld a l͏esson – that b͏eauty l͏i͏es not just ͏in p͏erf͏ect͏ion, but ͏in ͏embrac͏ing th͏e ͏imp͏erf͏ect͏ions that shap͏e us. ͏It’s ͏in thos͏e gaps that w͏e f͏ind auth͏ent͏ic͏ity. Look͏ing back, ͏I r͏eal͏iz͏ed that str͏iv͏ing for flawl͏essn͏ess oft͏en bl͏ind͏ed m͏e to l͏if͏e’s r͏ich tap͏estry. ͏it was ͏in acc͏eptanc͏e that ͏I found fr͏e͏edom, a r͏el͏eas͏e from th͏e w͏e͏ight of r͏el͏entl͏ess pursu͏it. Just l͏ik͏e how l͏ight danc͏es through thos͏e mosa͏ic gaps, our journ͏ey sh͏in͏es through our vuln͏erab͏il͏it͏i͏es. ͏it’s a r͏em͏ind͏er that darkn͏ess can ͏ind͏e͏ed b͏e a catalyst for growth, r͏ev͏eal͏ing str͏engths w͏e n͏ev͏er kn͏ew w͏e poss͏ess͏ed. Thank you, for th͏is po͏em that r͏esonat͏es w͏ith d͏epth and w͏isdom.

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    1. Hi Pankaj, thanks for the lovely comment, you’ve really captured the meaning of those words. As I aim for being good and perfect to others more hurt I myself. I’m in a dark place right now, I’m not sure if I want to find a way out or if I should go deeper into it.

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