Last Night As I Was Sleeping - Antonio Machado

[dragonyphoenix]

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Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.
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Comments

[alatefeline]

Thank you for sharing this poem. I enjoyed reading it, and also think it would be an excellent focus for some positive mental imagery or meditation.

[dragonyphoenix]

You're welcome. I'm going through saved e-mails to see which I should keep. This was a keeper! ;-)