Wednesday, November 14, 2012

OPEN AND CLOSE





I wanted
the past to go away, I wanted
to leave it, like another country; I wanted
my life to close, and open
like a hinge, like a wing, like the part of the song
where it falls
down over the rocks: an explosion, a discovery; 
I wanted
to hurry into the work of my life; I wanted to know
whoever I was, I was

alive
for a little while.

                                          Mary Oliver  Dream Work






2 comments:

  1. if you are going to be alive, might as well be alive...you know...smiles....to know....really nice....

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  2. Thanks for some Mary in the morning....

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