All My Life

March 13, 2021March 13, 2021 ~ cafebedouin

When it's over, I want to
say: all my life
I was a bride married to
amazement.

I was the bridegroom,
taking the world into my
arms.

—Mary Oliver, "When Death Comes"

Instructions For Living a Life

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 ~ cafebedouin

Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
 
–Mary Oliver, “Sometimes”