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 heart
to 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
- The other day at literature class we wre studying some postcolonial authors when this poet came along. And I wanted to share it with all my followers in this Valentine´s Day because from my point of view the most important person to love is yourself. I am a believer of accepting yourself and if you want someone to love you, you have to love yourself first.
What do you think?
And Happy Valentine´s Day!!!
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