Tuesday, July 24, 2012

i look upon everything




and therefore i look upon everything
as a brotherhood and a sisterhood,
and i look upon time as no more than an idea,
and i consider eternity as another possibility,

and i think of each life as a flower, as common
as a field daisy, and as singular,

and each name a comfortable music in the mouth,
ending, as all music does, toward silence,

and each body a lion of courage, and something
precious to the earth.

mary oliver

4 comments:

Valerianna said...

Thanks for her... another one of my heroines!

Pauline said...

No one writes about nature quite like Mary Oliver. Combined with your photo, this post was a real treat.

steven said...

valerianna - she shows up in my life at times when i can most connect to what she has to say . . . steven

steven said...

pauline - thankyou very much for your kind words . . . steven