A review by klingcooper
Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A soothing balm for my grieving heart. Mourning the loss of a relationship that I thought was going to last. Learning that love is not a doorway to forever, but it is a window, an opportunity for learning and growing. 

So much of it so moving. A confessional that pierces right through my heart space.

“And I saw, again, how blessed my life has been, /
first, to have been able to love, /
then, to have the parting now behind me, /
…and not to have /
lost someone who could have loved me for life.”