Saturday, May 21, 2011

Link to the Thich Nhat Hanh Poem

Here's the link to the poem "Call Me by My True Names" by Thich Nhat Hanh:
http://www.quietspaces.com/poemHanh.html

And here is an excerpt:

I am the twelve-year-old girl, refugee on a small boat,
who throws herself into the ocean after being raped by a sea
pirate,
and I am the pirate, my heart not yet capable of seeing and
loving.


Please call me by my true names,
so I can hear all my cries and laughs at once,
so I can see that my joy and pain are one.

Please call me by my true names,
so I can wake up,
and so the door of my heart can be left open,
the door of compassion.


Thich Nhat Hanh 







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