if only you could see
how heaven pulls earth into its arms
and how infinitely the heart expands to claim this world,
blue vapor without end.
~ Lisel Mueller, from “Monet Refuses the Operation” in Second Language
Notes: Photo: Blue Ridge Mountains by Richard Terpolilli. Poem: Poetry Foundation
there is no way to resist. and why would you want to?
Yes….
Ahhhh…
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Beautiful quote … soothing and calming!! Most of all, true!!
Oh David! This poem (and the photo) takes me up there where this exquisite appreciation of beauty comes from.
Me too Valerie. Me too!
Wow! Beautiful!
It is!
Ellen Bass: “The World Has Need of You”
everything here seems to need us…
—Rilke
I can hardly imagine it
as I walk to the lighthouse, feeling the ancient
prayer of my arms swinging
in counterpoint to my feet.
Here I am, suspended
between the sidewalk and twilight,
the sky dimming so fast it seems alive.
What if you felt the invisible
tug between you and everything?
A boy on a bicycle rides by,
his white shirt open, flaring
behind him like wings.
It’s a hard time to be human. We know too much
and too little. Does the breeze need us?
The cliffs? The gulls?
If you’ve managed to do one good thing,
the ocean doesn’t care.
But when Newton’s apple fell toward the earth,
the earth, ever so slightly, fell
toward the apple as well.
Loved this esp “flaring behind him like wings”. Wow.
Beautiful 🌈
Heaven needs to pull Earth closer and hold her tighter…
It’s about time!
Ha!
So lovely. Thank you Dave 💛