Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Acceptance

“I just want to be loved, is that so wrong?!” 

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― Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy

“I had embraced you...
long before I hugged you.” 
― Sanober Khan

“Do not be afraid; our fate
Cannot be taken from us; 
it is a gift.” 
― Dante Alighieri, Inferno

Midweek Motif ~ Acceptance

Acceptance gets praise and blame:

1. It leads to complacency.
2. It is necessary for Forgiveness and Healing.
3. It is the root of faith.

Do you praise it or blame it?

Your challenge: 

Write a new poem containing 

a story about acceptance.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed,

courage to change the things which should be changed,

and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. 

~ Reinhold Niebuhr

Acceptance

by Robert Frost When the spent sun throws up its rays on cloud And goes down burning into the gulf below, No voice in nature is heard to cry aloud At what has happened. Birds, at least must know It is the change to darkness in the sky. Murmuring something quiet in her breast, One bird begins to close a faded eye; Or overtaken too far from his nest, Hurrying low above the grove, some waif Swoops just in time to his remembered tree. At most he thinks or twitters softly, 'Safe! Now let the night be dark for all of me. Let the night be too dark for me to see Into the future. Let what will be, be. MARTIN NIEMÖLLER'S QUOTE:  First they came for the Socialists,  and I did not speak out—  Because I was not a Socialist.  Then they came for the Trade Unionists,  and I did not speak out—  Because I was not a Trade Unionist.  Then they came for the Jews,  and I did not speak out—  Because I was not a Jew.  Then they came for me—  And there was no one left  to speak for me. ~ Please share your new poem using Mr. Linky below  and visit others in the spirit of the community.   (Next week Sherry's Midweek Motif will be “Say the Names of the Places You Love.”)