...from Mary Oliver's Poem
What Is There Beyond Knowing
What I know
I could put into a pack
I could put into a pack
as if it were bread and cheese, and carry it
on one shoulder,
on one shoulder,
important and honorable, but so small!
While everything else continues, unexplained
While everything else continues, unexplained
and unexplainable. How wonderful it is
to follow a thought quietly
to its logical end.
I have done this a few times.
to follow a thought quietly
to its logical end.
I have done this a few times.
But mostly I just stand in the dark field,
in the middle of the world, breathing
in the middle of the world, breathing
in and out. Life so far doesn't have any other name
but breath and light, wind and rain.
If there's a temple, I haven't found it yet.
I simply go on drifting, in the heaven of grass
and weeds.
Thank you for this.
ReplyDeleteHer words are so special. This poem suits you to a T. And I love the photo! Lori
ReplyDeleteThanks, she is the one poet that I keep going to for inspiration.
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I have since added one more variation of the cottage photo to the post that you commented on, adding rain and fog.
Awesome! I go by Mulewings there...
DeleteThis is stunning.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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