Peom 3: Touched by An Angel

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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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