Derek Walcott, the poet laureate, has expressed this beautifully in his poem "Love after love", and how to cope with friendship losses or romantic losses. Here is his complete poem. "The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other's welcome, and say, sit here. Eat.You will love again the stranger who was your self.Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heartt o itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored for another, who knows you by heart.Take down the love letters from the bookshelf, the photographs, the desperate notes, peel your own image from the mirror. Sit. Feast on your life." (By Derek Walcott)
Thank you so much for taking the time to read, and support my work I really appreciate it! Thank you so much for sharing this. I have always loved “Love After Love,” and I think you captured so beautifully what I was trying to express in this piece. There is something so powerful about the idea of returning to yourself after losing someone who once felt so central to your life. “Give back your heart to itself” especially resonates with me. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for leaving such a beautifully thoughtful reflection! Sending you all my love xx
Derek Walcott, the poet laureate, has expressed this beautifully in his poem "Love after love", and how to cope with friendship losses or romantic losses. Here is his complete poem. "The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other's welcome, and say, sit here. Eat.You will love again the stranger who was your self.Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heartt o itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored for another, who knows you by heart.Take down the love letters from the bookshelf, the photographs, the desperate notes, peel your own image from the mirror. Sit. Feast on your life." (By Derek Walcott)
Hema,
Thank you so much for taking the time to read, and support my work I really appreciate it! Thank you so much for sharing this. I have always loved “Love After Love,” and I think you captured so beautifully what I was trying to express in this piece. There is something so powerful about the idea of returning to yourself after losing someone who once felt so central to your life. “Give back your heart to itself” especially resonates with me. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for leaving such a beautifully thoughtful reflection! Sending you all my love xx