I remember how [the sparrow] felt
When I got my hand, and how it burst
that hand open
when I took it outside, a strength
that must have come out of hopelessness
and the sudden light
and the trees…
— Stephen Dunn, from “The Sudden Light and the Trees,” in Landscape at the End of the Century
Notes:
- Photo: Sparrow by © sergey_polyushko
- Prior “Lightly child, lightly” Posts? Connect here.
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”
Thousands of us ‘DK followers’ are now going ‘aaaawh’ 🙂
Wonderful pairing, as usual! Thank You.
Here on this extra-ordinary early autumn day with sunshine and hope….
Awwwww….and yes, it is a beautiful autumn day here too….
freedom!
Yes!
What wonderful imagery of busting free!
It is!
Ohhh, DK, you know how I love Dunn, and this passage and image pairing? It made my heart soar…. Thank you for setting my day off on this foot. You have no idea how badly I needed it…
Awwww. Lori, it must be so difficult to get acclimated on new earth.
You have NO idea…. Can’t begin to say how reassuring my constants, including the DK blog, are in these unsettled times….
Awwww.
Absolutely beautiful. Those words made me tingle in a nice way. I could feel the strength of that fragile bird, powered by its tiny heart and its will to fly free.
I felt the same way when I read it too Sarah
Beautiful, and how quickly we grasped its right to and need for the freedom to be. I’ve longed suspected dying will be very similar.
And I hope “that” freedom is many years away. 😀
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What a beautiful sight for this early morning!! Amazing …