The Other Shore

Or... stop looking at it.

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For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been’.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Do not wait for the world to recognize
The seed that sleeps in you, your power;
Give of yourself before it darkens

The light of your day. Your duty
Is not to wait for others to lift you,
But to rise with your own sincer…