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" in the nineteenth year and the eleventh month
speak your tattered Kaddish for all suicides:

Praise to life though it crumbled in like a tunnel
on ones we knew and loved

Praise to life though its windows blew shut
on the breathing-room of ones we knew and loved

Praise to life though ones we knew and loved
loved it badly, too well, and not enough

Praise to life though it tightened like a knot
on the hearts of ones we thought we knew loved us

Praise to life giving room and reason
to ones we knew and loved who felt unpraisable.

Praise to them, how they loved it, when they could. "

Adrienne Rich


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Adrienne Rich quote : in the nineteenth year and the eleventh month<br />speak your tattered Kaddish for all suicides:<br /><br />Praise to life though it crumbled in like a tunnel<br />on ones we knew and loved<br /><br />Praise to life though its windows blew shut<br />on the breathing-room of ones we knew and loved<br /><br />Praise to life though ones we knew and loved<br />loved it badly, too well, and not enough<br /><br />Praise to life though it tightened like a knot<br />on the hearts of ones we thought we knew loved us<br /><br />Praise to life giving room and reason<br />to ones we knew and loved who felt unpraisable.<br /><br />Praise to them, how they loved it, when they could.