Wednesday, January 03, 2007
I Awaken (poem)
The following poem was inspired by David Whyte's poem, "The House of Belonging."
I Awaken
I awaken
and wonder
what angel
is just leaving,
rustling the curtain
as she goes.
And then I remember
all those things
I had forgotten
before,
those hovering images
which, for a time
departed
into darkness.
And then I thought of
where I was,
asleep in this bed
which once belonged
to my father,
and all the connections
I never made
and all those that got
broken
along the way,
and wondered
if I would ever
be able to mend
them,
there,
where the angels go
when they
ascend
at morning.
Dorothy Walters
January 3. 2006
