Jo: my prayers and my best wishes are with you...
Do you know what I was, how I lived? You know
what despair is; then
winter should have meaning for you.
I did not expect to survive,
earth suppressing me. I didn't expect
to waken again, to feel
in damp earth my body
able to respond again, remembering
after so long how to open again
in the cold light
of earliest spring --
afraid, yes, but among you again
crying yes risk joy
in the raw wind of the new world.
what despair is; then
winter should have meaning for you.
I did not expect to survive,
earth suppressing me. I didn't expect
to waken again, to feel
in damp earth my body
able to respond again, remembering
after so long how to open again
in the cold light
of earliest spring --
afraid, yes, but among you again
crying yes risk joy
in the raw wind of the new world.
~ Louise Gluck ~
This is so beautiful... Once again, I didn't see it before and I feel so bad about it. It's not negligence or obliviousness, it's the weight I carry on my shoulders these days that make me slow, and many days stops me. I will get where I am meant to be sooner or later and when I am in that place, I hope to be able to hug you personally. I know you are not a random happening... you are here for a reason and that I can feel.
ReplyDeleteI wish you the best this year but especially peace and silence.
Much Love.