Cracked & Imperfect

She Will Not Be Quiet: A (mostly unedited) daily writing practice

Day #54 of daily writing/sharing

Cracked & Imperfect

There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in —Leonard Cohen

If it doesn't have to be pretty or profound 
or perfect, maybe it can 
simply be true. 

And, what is true? 

The red flowering currant does not 
know how to try, yet, she fills
us with such glorious color, 

rivers do not need a map,
yet, they know 
just how to get to the sea—

our sun never speaks
a word, yet she
gives life to 				everything—

and, as the songwriter said, 
the cracks 
are how the light gets in.

So, in case you need permission,
please, just be the you
that you are, simply speak
what is true—

let yourself be
cracked 
and imperfect—

it's how the light gets in.

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