Falling Into Place

Falling Into Place

Poetry

What I Once Agreed To

A poem about letting go of old patterns and ways of thinking

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Glenn DeVore
May 20, 2025
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This poem came in the early morning, just before light.

The night before, I had been thinking about curiosity as an antidote to boredom. About how quickly judgment closes the door on possibility, how presence, especially in stillness, asks us to pause – to meet the moment before reacting to it.

That night I dreamt I was living another life. I was alone. L…

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