it all starts at the beginning - Advice to a Girl - by Sarah Teasdale

08:28 pm - Advice to a Girl - by Sarah Teasdale

Sarah, born in 1884 to a wealthy family, had a love for poetry. Her first volume was published in 1907.
She fell in love with with Vachel Lindsay, the father of lyrical poetry, in 1913, and wrote him daily love letters. It was not to be. Lindsay was broke and Sarah was a product of conservative upbringing. In 1914 she was married to a businessman, Ernst Filsinger, while remaining lifelong friends with Lindsey.
Lindsay committed suicide in 1931, and Teasdale followed him in 1933.
She won the Pulitzer in 1918 for this poem, about Lindsey.
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I love this poem, because it's true.
I love it, because it makes sense, and it's advice every woman should have.
(This is for my friend V.S.S.)
Advice to a Girl

No one worth possessing,
Can be quite possessed;
Lay that on your heart,
My angry young dear;
This truth, this hard and precious stone,
Lay it on your hot cheek,
Let it hide your tear.
Hold it like a crystal
When you are alone
And gaze in the depths of the icy stone.
Long, look long, and you will be blessed:
No one worth possessing,
Can be quite possessed.