"

To live in this world

you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it

against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.

"

- Mary Oliver, from “In Blackwater Woods” (via oofpoetry)


10,755 notes

  1. electra-lov-ing reblogged this from sofiazerkalo
  2. sofiazerkalo reblogged this from oofpoetry
  3. itseasyjusttolookaway reblogged this from andrewhozier
  4. atrophyofc reblogged this from cafeomancer
  5. a-woke-n reblogged this from shuoniaiwo
  6. shuoniaiwo reblogged this from downpurrs
  7. maddmazel reblogged this from honeyblu18
  8. honeyblu18 reblogged this from exitiale
  9. heroicreprise-moved reblogged this from noctilucent-weaver
  10. mauvemallow reblogged this from ripmacbeth
  11. ripmacbeth reblogged this from medeae
  12. noctilucent-weaver reblogged this from lukelxiv
  13. romanadvoratnalundar reblogged this from thejabberwocki
  14. thejabberwocki reblogged this from itsachristastrophe
  15. itsachristastrophe reblogged this from orrphelia
  16. orrphelia reblogged this from sweatrr-paws
  17. sweatrr-paws reblogged this from downpurrs
  18. downpurrs reblogged this from doettir
  19. therainbowsoul98 reblogged this from seaymph
  20. learningtorecognize reblogged this from jenderstudies
  21. oofpoetry posted this