I need a song that will keep sky open in my mind. If I thin… - Joy Harjo

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I need a song that will keep sky open in my mind. If I think behind me, I might break. If I think forward, I lose now.

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Joy Harjo (May 9, 1951) is a poet, musician, author and the first Native American United States Poet Laureate.

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Sometimes it is like
facing the dreamer
who knows the you
of blood and stars —

When Sun leaves at dusk, it makes a doorway. We have access to ancestors, to eternity. Breathe out. Ask for forgiveness. Let all hurts and failures go. Let them go.

Really, all poetry is a prayer, you have to go to the center place, inside you, to write poetry. (1994

I need a song that will keep sky open in my mind. If I think behind me, I might break. If I think forward, I lose now. - Joy Harjo

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