SOMETIMES
Sometimes
if you move carefully
through the forest
if you move carefully
through the forest
breathing
like the ones
in the old stories
like the ones
in the old stories
who could
cross
a shimmering bed of dry leaves
without a sound,
a shimmering bed of dry leaves
without a sound,
you come
to a place
whose only task
to a place
whose only task
is to trouble
you
with tiny
but frightening requests
with tiny
but frightening requests
conceived out
of nowhere
but in this place
beginning to lead everywhere.
but in this place
beginning to lead everywhere.
Requests to
stop what
you are doing right now,
and
you are doing right now,
and
to stop what
you
are becoming
while you do it,
are becoming
while you do it,
questions
that can make
or unmake
a life,
that can make
or unmake
a life,
questions
that have patiently
waited for you,
that have patiently
waited for you,
questions
that have no right
to go away.
that have no right
to go away.
~ David Whyte
~
(Everything is Waiting for You)
Here is the link to his 10 questions that have no right to go away ...
LOVE the poem! And loving your blog which keeps me inspired and touches me in a thirsty place.
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