<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342261" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Word Reaches Us</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Word reaches us</div><div style="margin:10px 0">that you are sleeping, sleeping.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dismayed</div><div style="margin:10px 0">we have turned to the sea.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We encounter among others</div><div style="margin:10px 0">walking there</div><div style="margin:10px 0">a sense of what we have lost:</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the broad expanse of humanity’s</div><div style="margin:10px 0">sensitivity to the oneness of itself.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Gabrielle,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">while you sleep, resting your nimble</div><div style="margin:10px 0">brain, we think of walking with you</div><div style="margin:10px 0">in the valley</div><div style="margin:10px 0">of the shadow of death; holding</div><div style="margin:10px 0">you up.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We hope you can feel our grief;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">our sorrow vast</div><div style="margin:10px 0">like the ocean that draws us.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We know in this moment you teach us many things:</div><div style="margin:10px 0">how all across the world</div><div style="margin:10px 0">there is no one who deserves this fate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We know we must bleach and sterilize our</div><div style="margin:10px 0">tongues,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">brighten with understanding</div><div style="margin:10px 0">all our dark thoughts.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sister, whom I never met</div><div style="margin:10px 0">except in this pain that has so</div><div style="margin:10px 0">wounded you</div><div style="margin:10px 0">thank you for reminding us</div><div style="margin:10px 0">through your suffering</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and your suspenseful sleep</div><div style="margin:10px 0">that we must change.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Alice+Walker">Alice Walker</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342261" data-title="Word Reaches Us de Alice Walker" data-description="Word reaches us that you are sleeping, sleeping. Dismayed we have turned to the sea. We encounter among others walking there a sense of what we have lost: the broad expanse of humanity’s sensitivity to the oneness of itself. Gabrielle, ..."></div> </div> </div>

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