Sunday Morning: Such Silence

~ Live & Learn

fall-autumn-forest-woods-aerial

As deep as I ever went into the forest
I came upon an old stone bench, very, very old,
and around it a clearing, and beyond that
trees taller and older than I had ever seen.

Such silence!
It really wasn’t so far from a town, but it seemed
all the clocks in the world had stopped counting.
So it was hard to suppose the usual rules applied.

Sometimes there’s only a hint, a possibility.
What’s magical, sometimes, has deeper roots
than reason.
I hope everyone knows that.

I sat on the bench, waiting for something.
An angel, perhaps.
Or dancers with the legs of goats.

No, I didn’t see either. But only, I think, because
I didn’t stay long enough.

– Mary Oliver, “Such Silence,” from Blue Horses

 

Sources: Poem – Thank you Whiskey River. Photo – Delta Breezes

24 thoughts on “Sunday Morning: Such Silence”

  11. The photo, reminds me of a quote I see when I go awalkin’:
    “You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.”,,,Amelia Earhart
    I took some photos of trees and the bark of some big old timers, today..75 degrees & beautiful sunlight and sky…and coincidentally I read a very short article and then watched the accompanying, amazing video : http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/trees-can-form-bonds-old-couple-and-look-after-each-other.html I’d planned on leaving it as a reply to your former offering of the elderly man who loved trees and said goodby to those friends in his yard…

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