The Years

I have invited the years to join me
in this hut in the woods,
and the years have told me
I should love what happens -
this is the only world I can live in.
Nothing has been wasted,
they say,
every featherweight of grief
is precious.
The years have told me to be happy:
they say I should dance with joy
for my ordinary life.


- Manjusara


This poem was written out for me on a beautiful birthday card by Ruth x