Monday, March 19, 2007

removing the you between you and another
by don iannone

leave yourself behind today
forget yourself
...long enough to remember another
...who needs you more
...than you need yourself

forget yourself today
...leave the self behind you cling to
...try your best to get outside the self
...that gets between you and others
watch a miracle happen when you do.

5 comments:

Kai said...

very nice

Dan said...

I will!

gautami tripathy said...

You know just when I need it, your poem is out there to cheer me up.

Russell Ragsdale said...

Fine poem Don! I'm especially fond of that first stanza.

Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D. said...

Thanks all. Appreciate your comments. See I need to do a little editing of the poem...

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