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Any poetry fans in the house tonight? Robin has picked another one of her poems to share with you this evening. She wants to honor the periods of great transition in our lives. It’s dedicated to all of us who are willing to take chances - but are also struggling with the fear of potential outcomes. There is also a full version of the poem at the bottom of our show notes in case you’d like to read it yourself!

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Music: Arni Karlsson

Editing: Predrag Mladenović

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Things Were Different by Robin Rice

Things were different from how everyone said it would be.

Forty and then some, getting soft under the chin and arms,

divorced from the way things were.

I was not left alone; did not become unremarkable.

Lovers did not cease to bring wine to my lips, gifts to my soul.

My garden of friends, though changed in hue every now and again, never withered.

The sun did not become my enemy--oh, how wrong they were on that one!

Poverty was not the perpetual wolf at the door,

yet neither did riches become my security.

My children did not turn from me, even in their most difficult years.

No, none of that.

Sometimes I wonder, truly, could my disillusionment have come sooner?

Could this light in my eyes have been lit even younger,

had I not believed in what everyone said?