We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves it's high holy temple
and comes us into life.
Love arrives
and in it's train comes ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.
We are weaned from our timidity
in the flush of love's light
we dare be brave
and suddenly we see
that loves costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it's only love
which sets us free.
~Maya Angelou~
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Some of the World's Most Famous Poems
PoetryThese are some of the worlds most famous poems I know. I love poems. You can suggest poems you know, just say the title and who it's by. Example: Nothing gold can stay by Robert Frost
