A poem needs understanding through the senses.

Poetry soothes and emboldens the soul to accept a mystery.  

John Keats

"The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription." Norman Cousins

Fear is the static that prevents me from hearing myself. ~ Samuel Butler

“In art, as in life, the best way to remedy mistakes is to take advantage of them” - Darby Bannard

“Grief is like living two lives. One is where you pretend everything is alright, and the other is where your heart silently screams in pain.”

I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. - Lewis Carroll