Feast & Famine

Photography by Sarolta Ban
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Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry



Feast and famine
 are both folded
 sloppily side by side
 in my suitcase of life
I could take them out
iron the feast and 
try to throw out 
the famine
but
they both
would find a way...back into my baggage....they always do...somewhere down 
the road up ahead...something reminds me...of the taste of hunger
and I feel the weight...of its garment...against my belly...it is there
wanted or not
the lone wolf
standing before me
yet also a collection 
of keepsakes 
like hymns 
never forgotten
unseen blessings
each a song
I could never have 
written on my own
offerings of learning
that only  
a certain poverty
could teach
lessons
I never would have
 asked for
but each is a gift 
still filling
my heart
with a gentle 
strength.

©Carrie Van Horn 2020