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Mistakes

12 Tuesday Jun 2012

Posted by Worldly Winds in Deep Stuff!, Loss, Poetry

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loss, mistakes, Mother, pain, poetry, tears

An illustration from page 30 of Mjallhvít (Sno...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You made the same mistake as her;

the truth is staring you in the face,

screaming so loud, you cannot see,

that you walk to the same dark place.

 

You’ve ventured down this path before

too far, turn back, embrace the pain

shame and defeat, walk hand in hand.

Is it too late to start all over again,

and to make the same mistake as her?

 

© Mistakes 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

An illustration from page 30 of Mjallhvít (Snow White) an 1852 icelandic translation of the Grimm-version fairytale (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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