Today I am grateful for poetry.

A few years ago I came upon Neil Hilborn’s heartbreaking and beautiful poem OCD and I was floored. I must have played it over and over until my ears bled. It is a hauntingly familiar piece about love found, love lived and love lost and how profound that is especially to someone with OCD. I was struck at the ease of how the words all were hooked together to weave this feeling so many people understand but few know how to articulate. The first time I heard it was a gutpunch. I was already with my husband but the story of the poem spoke to me in such a way that I immediately fell in love with it.

It’s been a while since I listened to it and something moved me to go search it out. I was not disappointed in making its acquaintance again. The words are still lush and gorgeous and the ending is still gut wrenching. My heart hurts when I hear these words and even though in my own life I have found bliss, I completely understand this feeling still.

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