Holding and Letting Go - Malcolm Guite

A short poem, based upon Guite’s experiences within hospice care.

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Holding and Letting Go by Malcolm Gite We have a call to live and, oh, a common call to die. I watched you and my father go to bid a friend goodbye. I watched you hold my father's hand. How could it not be so? The gentleness of holding on helps in the letting go. For when we feel our frailty, how can we not respond and reach to hold another's hand and feel a common bond? For when we touch the heights above and every depth below, we touch the very quick of love. Holding and Letting Go.

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