Jane Kenyon – Spirit Abounds https://spiritabounds.com Sat, 25 Sep 2021 15:23:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spiritabounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-Site-icon-web-32x32.jpg Jane Kenyon – Spirit Abounds https://spiritabounds.com 32 32 194300094 Otherwise https://spiritabounds.com/otherwise/ Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:00:50 +0000 https://spiritabounds.com/?p=2544 I got out of bed
on two strong legs.
It might have been
otherwise. I ate
cereal, sweet
milk, ripe, flawless
peach. It might
have been otherwise.
I took the dog uphill
to the birch wood.
All morning I did
the work I love.

At noon I lay down
with my mate. It might
have been otherwise.
We ate dinner together
at a table with silver
candlesticks. It might
have been otherwise.
I slept in a bed
in a room with paintings
on the walls, and
planned another day
just like this day.
But one day, I know,
it will be otherwise.

—  Jane Kenyon

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