Someone I loved once gave me
a box full of darkness.

It took me years to understand
that this, too, was a gift.

Mary Oliver

The Uses of Sorrow

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Oliver, Mary. “The Uses of Sorrow.” Thirst. Beacon Press, 2006, I. 1.