~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “I would not sing you to sleep But I would press my lips to your ear And hope the terror in my heart stirs you.” (Poem: “Lullaby” by Reetika Vazirani) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This poem is disturbing. Most of us don’t like to be disturbed. So we avoid things that stir us. This poem haunts me… [Read more…]
February 12, 2009
“Unless you become like a child, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Jesus) When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. Mary Oliver Awareness of what presents itself to me involves a double movement of… [Read more…]
February 12, 2009
“When it is over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.” Mary Oliver “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” All things are wearisome, more than one can say The eye never… [Read more…]
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