Visit your possible life.

April 13, 2009 in Uncategorized

 















Going There

-Jack Gilbert

Of course it was a disaster.
The unbearable, dearest secret
has always been a disaster.
The danger when we try to leave.
Going over and over afterward
what we should have done
instead of what we did.
But for those short times
we seemed to be alive. Misled,
misused, lied to and cheated,
certainly. Still, for that
little while, we visited
our possible life.

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Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

2 comments to " Visit your possible life. "

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Kimberly Joris

April 13, 2009 AT 10:39AM

My secret hiding place is me.
Safe within my walls.
Locked, looking through a peephole. A skeleton key at the ready. A big glass door knob waiting to be turned. Beautiful big ball peen hinges, rusted from lack of use. Not the danger of when I leave, but the danger of when I open the door, to go in, to let others in. I visit my possible life. Will I let others?
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Janet Smith

April 13, 2009 AT 11:53AM

Ohh sexy poem — I really like it. I will have to read more Jack Gilbert. But first my taxes…(sigh)