Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Mark Nepo: What Ties Me To the Earth Is Unseen


 What Ties Me To the Earth Is Unseen

My heart was beating like a heron awakened
in the woods, no room to move. Tangled
and surprised by the noise of my mind,
I fluttered without grace to the center
of the lake which humans call silence.
I guess, if you would ask, peace
is no more than the underside
of tired wings resting on the lake
while the heart in its feathers
pounds softer and softer.

- Mark Nepo

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