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To Thrive | Cathey Capers, PPM



A photo of three birds in the sky flying from left to right with a moon in the distance. A hand is palm up in the foreground with fingers curled gently. The image is overlayed with a poem by Cathey Capers, PPM titled "To Thrive" The words overlying the image read: To Thrive / "flashes of light through the falling dark--" / from White Heron, by Cyra Sweet Dumitru // it is just like that these days. // I want to give in / to the suffering, the plundering, / the pace with which I cannot possibly / keep up. // Just as my eyes begin to close to it all, / a star falls / leaving a brilliant trail of light / that spills hope. // I think of the birds: / their great migrations through / the night; / decide to turn out the porch light, / help them on their way. // It's like that too. Each of us / creatures, capable still, / of the smallest gesture of care. // The Institute for Poetic Medicine


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