next time
Next time what I'd do is look at
the earth before saying anything. I'd stop
just before going into a house
and be an emperor for a minute
and listen better to the wind
or to the air being still.
When anyone talked to me, whether
blame or praise or just passing time,
I'd watch the face, how the mouth
has to work, and see any strain, any
sign of what lifted the voice.
And for all, I'd know moreāthe earth
bracing itself and soaring, the air
finding every leaf and feather over
forest and water, and for every person
the body glowing inside the clothes
like a light.
william stafford
somtetimes we are nothing more
than cupped hands at dawn
trying to catch the light
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it's truly all in the little details, isn't it? Cupping my hands to catch the light with you.
Posted by: annie | January 05, 2014 at 10:08 AM
this is my mantra this year... cupping my hands... filling them with light, this is just the elixir I long for...
Posted by: Lea | January 05, 2014 at 10:20 AM
this would take an effort on my part because even though I am a visual learner, it is difficult for me to come with an image like this. thank you for introducing it to me, dear friend.
Posted by: Nonnie | January 05, 2014 at 10:40 AM
it is all about the light today...opening to it...receiving it...giving it...
x...x
Posted by: Stephanie | January 05, 2014 at 10:52 AM
A cupped hand is better than a fist! ;)
Posted by: magicalmysticalteacher | January 05, 2014 at 04:22 PM