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Willow prayer

Poem

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Do not break my will
but bend it,
like the willow in the wind,
willing
and free.

Do not break my will
but invade it;
by thy power persuade it.
Oh to be swayed
by Thee!

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Margie Hord de Mendez
Margie Hord de Mendez

Written by Margie Hord de Mendez

Canadian-Mexican linguist and translator, Margie loves to write about cross-cultural living, faith, family, aging gracefully… and more!

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