Blog : SLEEPING IN THE FOREST

4987 posts
1/19/2018 5:39 pm

SLEEPING IN THE FOREST

I thought the earth
remembered me, she
took me back so tenderly, arranging
her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds. I slept
as never before, a stone
on the riverbed, nothing
between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated
light as moths among the branches
of the perfect trees. All night
I heard the small kingdoms breathing
around me, the insects, and the birds who do their work in the darkness. All night
I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling with a luminous doom.
By morning I had vanished
at least a dozen times
into something better.
.
.
Sleeping In The Forest by Mary Oliver .

sparkleflit 76F

10271 posts
1/19/2018 5:40 pm

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Rocketship 80F

18566 posts
1/19/2018 7:36 pm

Ahhh........... Such a peaceful and accepting poem~~

sparkleflit 76F

10271 posts
1/19/2018 8:33 pm

Rocketship

Ahhh........... Such a peaceful and accepting poem~~

Glad you enjoyed it......This poem was sent to me today by a young woman who was in my Out of School Program for many years. She always had her head in a book and I created a don't disturb reading nook for her, which became a permanent fixture in my program........She now owns her own small and charming book store.

Robyn363 83F

3474 posts
1/20/2018 7:04 am

Lovely.

sparkleflit 76F

10271 posts
1/20/2018 4:01 pm

There are still places where the small, still voices are heard. I have dedicated my life to appreciating, supporting and protecting those small, still voices, as have many others, including you, I think.......though many times it has been exhausting, frustrating and seemingly hopeless, we are still at it.......

GLUMO 89F

9730 posts
1/21/2018 11:55 am

I like it! Thanks for sharing.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.(Khalil Gibran)