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Those who have suffered understand suffering,
and thereby extend their hand.
The storm that brings harm
also makes fertile.
Blessed is the grass
and herb and the true thorn and light.

I was lost in a valley of pleasure.
I was lost in the infinite sea.
I was lost, and measure for measure,
love spewed from the heart of me.
I was lost, and the cost,
and the cost didn’t matter to me.
I was lost, and the cost
was to be outside society.

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Patti Smith, “Rock’N’Roll N*gger” (via itsinthetrees)

(via itsinthetrees)