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Thursday, April 03, 2014

The Child into the World

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The Child into the World

Ready to be grasped, and held there
in the open palm of one calm
understanding hand, like the patient,
safe hand of a mother, or father
taking the child out into the world

for the very first time. To see how high
growing goes and how far the distance
we have to walk down these roads,
before we can return to a place
we can understand as our home.

 

[Books by David Hadley are available here (UK) or here (US).]

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