‘Anything that touches…’

    October 29, 2016

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    Leaves and Blossoms Along the Way: A Poem

    If you're John Muir you want trees to 
    live among. If you're Emily, a garden
    will do. 
    Try to find the right place for yourself. 
    If you can't find it, at least dream of it. 
    
       ~                                        
    
    When one is alone and lonely, the body
    gladly lingers in the wind or the rain, 
    or splashes into the cold river, or
    pushes through the ice-crusted snow. 
    
    Anything that touches. 
    
       ~                                      
    
    God, or the gods, are invisible, quite
    understandable. But holiness is visible, 
    entirely. 
    
       ~                                       
    
    Some words will never leave God's mouth, 
    no matter how hard you listen.  
    
       ~                                       
    
    In all the works of Beethoven, you will 
    not find a single lie.
    
       ~                                     
    
    All important ideas must include the trees,
    the mountains, and the rivers. 
    
      ~                                          
    
    To understand many things you must reach out 
    of your own condition. 
    
      ~                                        
    
    For how many years did I wander slowly 
    through the forest. What wonder and 
    glory I would have missed had I ever been
    in a hurry!
    
      ~                                         •
    
    Beauty can both shout and whisper, and still
    it explains nothing. 
    
      ~                                     •
    
    The point is, you're you, and that's for keeps.
    
    [Photo: Lopez Island, San Juan's, Washington]
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