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On the day when
the weight deadens
on your shoulders
and you stumble,
may the clay dance
to balance you.
And when your eyes
freeze behind
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and the ghost of loss
gets in to you,
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and azure blue
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May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
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may the protection of the ancestors be yours.
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an invisible cloak
to mind your life.
John O'Donohue, Echoes of Memory
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