A poem to ponder…
Posted on May 8, 2008 by kerry
Filed Under Art |
This lovely poem is by David Wagoner from his 1999 book, Traveling Light Collected Poems. A good message about being present, living for the moment…
Lost
Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.
Find a fresh spring tree in bud or bloom and find your peace.
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