Holiday Gift
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dragonyphoenixI'd meant to get this out more for Yule but... Happy New Year!
Bluefish by Mary Oliver
The angels
I have seen
coming up
out of the water!
There I was,
drifting,
not far from shore,
when they appeared,
flying
in their blue robes
from the waves,
from the reflected clouds,
from the brimming
of high tide – a thousand
hungry fish,
open-mouthed,
charging
like small blue
tigers after
some schooling
minnows, darkening
the water, ripping it
to shreds.
Have you ever wondered
where the earth
tumbles beyond itself
and heaven begins?
They poured
like fire over the minnows,
they fell back through the waves
like messengers
filled with good news
and the sea
held them in its silken folds
quietly,
those gatherers,
those eaters,
those powerfully leaping
immaculate
meat-eaters.
Bluefish by Mary Oliver
The angels
I have seen
coming up
out of the water!
There I was,
drifting,
not far from shore,
when they appeared,
flying
in their blue robes
from the waves,
from the reflected clouds,
from the brimming
of high tide – a thousand
hungry fish,
open-mouthed,
charging
like small blue
tigers after
some schooling
minnows, darkening
the water, ripping it
to shreds.
Have you ever wondered
where the earth
tumbles beyond itself
and heaven begins?
They poured
like fire over the minnows,
they fell back through the waves
like messengers
filled with good news
and the sea
held them in its silken folds
quietly,
those gatherers,
those eaters,
those powerfully leaping
immaculate
meat-eaters.
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