Posted on April 7, 2021 at 10:10 am by Lisa Azarmi / FEMALE PORTRAIT, HOPE, POETRY “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” Mary Oliver – The Uses of Sorrow, Thirst, 2007. Beacon Press, ©. John William Waterhouse – Pandora, 1896. [share] « You become The most beautiful »