Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Mysteries, Yes
Mysteries, Yes
Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous
to be understood.
How grass can be nourishing in the
How grass can be nourishing in the
mouths of the lambs.
How rivers and stones are foreverin allegiance with gravity
while we ourselves dream of rising.
How two hands touch and the bonds
will never be broken.
How people come, from delight or the
scars of damage,
to the comfort of a poem.
Let me keep my distance, always, from those
Let me keep my distance, always, from those
who think they have the answers.
Let me keep company always with those who say
Let me keep company always with those who say
"Look!" and laugh in astonishment,
and bow their heads.
Mary Oliver
(Evidence)
Mary Oliver
(Evidence)
(picture from source)
