Gracious Tension by Andrea Calvert

Gracious Tension by Andrea Calvert

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Gracious Tension by Andrea Calvert
Gracious Tension by Andrea Calvert
"Yesterday I Cried"

"Yesterday I Cried"

Sometimes I write poetry... today I wanted to share one

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Andrea Calvert
Dec 11, 2024
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Gracious Tension by Andrea Calvert
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"Yesterday I Cried"
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Yesterday, I cried.
I cried for what I lost, and what’s been lost.
For the new hope I witnessed.
For the unknown, but exciting.

Yesterday, I wept.
I wept as the separate worlds I inhabit converged into one.
The new that goes before me.
The uncertainty along the way.

Yesterday, tears fell.
Tears fell as that feeling of “I belong” …

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