dragonyphoenix: (raven)
dragonyphoenix ([personal profile] dragonyphoenix) wrote2017-10-05 07:32 pm
Entry tags:

Mysteries, Yes

Mysteries, Yes By Mary Oliver

Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous
to be understood.

How grass can be nourishing in the
mouths of the lambs.
How rivers and stones are forever
in 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
who think they have the answers.

Let me keep company always with those who say
"Look!" and laugh in astonishment,
and bow their head

untonuggan: Lily and Chance squished in a cat pile-up on top of a cat tree (buff tabby, black cat with red collar) (Default)

[personal profile] untonuggan 2017-10-06 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
Love. Thanks for this, I needed a dose of Mary Oliver this morning.
untonuggan: Lily and Chance squished in a cat pile-up on top of a cat tree (buff tabby, black cat with red collar) (Default)

[personal profile] untonuggan 2017-10-06 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
See: why I have Wild Geese memorized and recite bits of it to myself sometimes.