Working with the Sadness

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When that dark horse comes to conquer you,

remember 

how you first learned to walk.

A thousand times you fell.

A thousand times 

you rose up.

No one is without this sorrow.

For it is as close to being human

as the infinite darkness cradling the sun.

We are all still crawling, Dear Heart,

someway 

or another.

But we have stood up before

and our bodies have memorized

the movement.

Stay humble

and pride will have nothing

to tie you down with.

Love yourself

with the honesty

of midnight,

And feel the entire world 

smiling 

within your chest.

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