Wild Geese Mary Oliver

Wild Geese – Oliver The first two lines in Mary Oliver poem, Wild Geese, set the meaning of her poem. They are, “You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting” (Oliver 852). These two lines tell the reader that we all fall short of God but even when we sin, we should repent and move on. We do not have to live in the shame or guilt of sin because Jesus has already paid that price. Lines 4 and 5 tell the reader to love each other. This is just as the bible tells us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. In lines 5 and 6 Oliver is telling the reader to share their burden with someone. We never have to go through life alone, there are people put in our lives and Jesus is