Love After Love (Poem)

A gorgeous, soul-inspiring poem on letting go of all the ways we abandon ourselves in a relationship with another. This is a beautiful love song to your inner being - your heart and soul - about healing, compassion, and learning to love yourself completely; to become whole, and love again after heartbreak.

Written by Derek Walcott and read by Amber.

Transcript

The time will come when with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door,

In your own mirror,

And each will smile at the other's welcome and say,

Sit,

Hear,

Eat.

You will love again the stranger who was yourself.

Give wine,

Give bread,

Give back your heart to itself,

To the stranger who has loved you all your life,

Whom you ignored for another,

Who knows you by heart.

Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,

The photographs,

The desperate notes.

Peel your own image from the mirror.

Sit.

Feast on your life.

Reviews

Beautiful remembrance and reminder of self love and kindness to yourself .
Thank you for creating such a quick meaningful message

Perfect

Wow!
Powerful!

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Thank you. I appreciate this poem by Derek Walcott. Sending good wishes.

Sit…feast on your life. I’m hungry for a homemade brownie now. Thank you for this…and your wonderful live for the new moon 💛🤍💫💚🐸f.R.O.G. Forever ~ rely -on ~god 💚 xo.Namaste 🙏

Mmmmm. Absolutely delicious and so nurturing, thank you ❤️

So poignant & powerful! 55 seconds to knowing love that resides for you within your heart

Thank 🙏🏼 you
🌸Jesse

Beautiful

Lovely

Love this ❤️

Rich, nourishing words. Worth listening to over and over.

My journey, truly

Yes! Yes! Yes!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️