Coming Back from Seeing Your People

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Coming back
From seeing your people
You were
So wonderfully
Full
Of yourself.

But now
You have supped
With vampires
They have fed
Feasted
On you.

They arise
Bright-eyed
Fit.

You alone have lost
Not only
Your sleep
But also
Your glow
The luster of
Affection
Heart welcome
Your people
Sent home
With you.

Beloved
You must learn
To walk alone
To hold
The precious
Silence
To bring home
And keep the precious
Little
That is left
Of yourself.


~ Alice Walker, Coming Back from Seeing Your People
Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth