if i only listened to the howling hungry for heat wind
and the soft hushing of the scudding clouds
well . . .
the sky had lots to say today
but i was much closer to the earth
bent over like the pre-mature man that i am
and of course
the trees leaned in
taking me into their confidence
and the sumac sang a song
about their dream
to become birds -
big soft red birds
no longer holding so firmly
to their branch and twig mothers
free to wing
through those butter yellow sky breaks
and most especially
through the vanilla pale violet and salmon clouds
they look up to all day long
so i walked on
keeping it simple
thinking my big thinks
and taking special care not to interrupt
this suddenly becoming
talkative world
19 comments:
"...not to interrupt.." - I'm sure the wind and trees would have shushed you if they thought to...beautiful - I think your heart's wide open, Steven, and it's beautiful to peer inside. I'm grateful for the glimpse.
thoughtful...and beatifully said.
I love the thought of you being a pre-mature man!
I'm feeling it, too. The celestial realms are really taking notice lately. It's interesting.
Beautifully said here, of course.
rachel thanks for your thoughtful and kind comment. steven
hello lines n shades! thankyou for your kind comment. steven
titus - i wouldn't and couldn't have it any other way. maturity escapes me each time i try to make it mine!!! steven
reya - there's lots going on . . . i'm trying to listen so as not to miss any of it. steven
Oh yes! Your words and images combine in perfect harmony.
Sometimes one reads something that might have been written by one's self.... this is one of them! It truly feels like you are in my world here.
So much to hear in the silence of nature when we pay attention. Nicely done!
hello aguja - thankyou. harmony - sometimes i work towards and sometimes away from it. steven
valerianna - that's a special privilege for me! thankyou. steven
hi hope! it's a matter of making yourself available to what's outside of yourself and allowing at all to meld with your inner self. then letting go of the inner and outer thing entirely!! steven
Hi Steven.. your pictures and words are really beautiful)).. and this suddenly becoming talkative world. and how much tell to us..
Greetings..
hey matias thankyou. readers of these comments should take some time and nip over to matias' blog. incredible photographs of chile and argentina. really mind-opening in terms of changing my idea of what it looks like there. steven
I love this, steven! Listening in to the talkative world is so rewarding and so much fresher than the worn thoughts circulating in mediamind.
Thanks you twice: once for sharing what you heard from the trees and again for sharing the tip about matias's blog about Chile and Argentina. Yes, folks, it's worth a click.
Steven, I've heard the eagerness, even urgency, from the trees as well. I do wonder what's going on.
The last stanza is profound. Keeping it simple while thinking your big thinks. INDEED.
Geeze, the photos are as profound. How gorgeous.
What a beautiful post - poetic, introspective and open. A lovely way to absorb nature.
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