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"One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice—
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do—
determined to save
the only life you could save
was your own."
~Mary Oliver
digital, black and white
Portland, Maine
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 | Your poem really is what I'm going through right now! You have some AMAZING photos! I am pretty much changing my whole life so I can pursue my photography dream. I know I can do it, though I do hear the voices telling me what to do and where to go. I'm doing my own path. I hope to hear from you, you're amazing | -- Samantha, 11/25/09
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| Lovely images, very thought provoking! And the vibe here...is just mesmerizing!!" I look forward to my order... | -- Christopher, 1/26/08
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