The Well

the miracle had come simply from allowing yourself to know

Photo: © David Whyte

The Well

But the miracle had come simply
from allowing yourself to know
that this time you had found it,
that some now familiar stranger
appearing from far inside you,
had decided not to walk past
it any more;
that the miracle had come in the kneeling to drink
and the prayer you said, and the tears you shed
and the memories you held
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