Monday, June 16, 2014
One of the Ways--poem by Dorothy
One of the Ways
“It is one of the many ways
to enter fire.”
Mary Oliver
And, yes, we enter,
either by our own volition
or the command of the gods.
And then we flare,
a small frenzy of color,
until we are finished—
a glowing silhouette,
ready for what awaits—
the sunlit music of the world
with its insistent curves
and turnings,
or else—
a withdrawal,
the all consumng silence
that comes only
to those
who have known
the flames.
Dorothy Walters
June 13, 2014
(picture found on internet)
