How can a year go by so swiftly? An ocean of tears, total aloneness, naked fear, unbearable loss, stress and constant pain. Healing? Not yet, maybe never. Sweet darkness, indeed.  |
| An old collage I made in another lifetime --- |
Sweet Darkness
By David Whyte
When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.
When your vision has gone
By David Whyte
When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.
When your vision has gone
no part of the world can find you.
Time to go into the dark
Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.
There you can be sure
There you can be sure
you are not beyond love.
The dark will be your womb
The dark will be your womb
tonight.
The night will give you a horizon
The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.
You must learn one thing:
You must learn one thing:
the world was made to be free in.
Give up all the other worlds
Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.
From: "The House of Belonging" - page 23
is too small for you.
From: "The House of Belonging" - page 23
Moonflower, my fragrant friend, fellow lover of darkness---
To me... Beginning in sadness... Ending in hope....
ReplyDeleteWisps, it's a wise, beautiful, hopeful poem. I love the power of words. David Whyte is a fabulous poet! xo
ReplyDeleteI like moon flowers and used to grow them and take my children out at night to see them as they appeared to float in the garden.
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