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Wild Geese Poem Helps You Rest in God's Love belovedness katie rea lent mary oliver Feb 22, 2026

Wild Geese

You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees

for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body

love what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile the world goes on.

Meanwhile...