The Art of Losing
Published by desi witch on Sunday 29 April 2007I read a poem today by Elizabeth Bishop called One Art. It touched a chord within me and so I leave it here for all those anonymous women who see a little bit of me in them. Read this and feel strong:
One Art
The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster,
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three beloved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.
-- Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) a disaster.
Elizabeth Bishop
Tags: divorce, poetry, relationships, X
You can't just throw away the "x" years of your life that you have spent in being married and trying to be a partner to someone whose steps did not match your own. But it is time to move on.
You have a house and a good job. Hopefully finances are not a problem. Things will work out for you in their own sweet time.
In the mean time seek solace in prayer , in books and anything else that gives you pleasure. Time is the best healer and soon things will get easier and better for a smart, sensitive and intelligent lady like you ! Look upon this phase of your live as a period of cleasing and rejuvenating.
Sorry about the long comment but I just wanted you to know this.
Charles DuBois
*non-patronising hugs*