Friday, November 11, 2011
"Going Beyond" (poem by Dorothy)
Going Beyond
Once you arrive at the crossroads,
You must choose
From three paths.
One is the path of fire.
To enter it,
You must take off
All your clothes,
Fasten your tongue
To the roof of your mouth,
Shut your eyes,
No longer breathe.
The second is the way of water.
To go here,
You must relinquish your boundaries,
Make of yourself a drop of rain,
A splash of ocean water,
A handful drawn from a well.
The last is the journey by night
Along earth’s ridges and descents.
Thls will take a long time.
It will be filled with terrors,
Spouting dragons,
Monsters threatening.
When you finally arrive,
You will be nothing
But air,
Mist,
Burning sunlight.
You will be other.
Dorothy Walters
November 9, 2011
(Inspired by “The Way In” by Linda Hogan)
Once you arrive at the crossroads,
You must choose
From three paths.
One is the path of fire.
To enter it,
You must take off
All your clothes,
Fasten your tongue
To the roof of your mouth,
Shut your eyes,
No longer breathe.
The second is the way of water.
To go here,
You must relinquish your boundaries,
Make of yourself a drop of rain,
A splash of ocean water,
A handful drawn from a well.
The last is the journey by night
Along earth’s ridges and descents.
Thls will take a long time.
It will be filled with terrors,
Spouting dragons,
Monsters threatening.
When you finally arrive,
You will be nothing
But air,
Mist,
Burning sunlight.
You will be other.
Dorothy Walters
November 9, 2011
(Inspired by “The Way In” by Linda Hogan)
