Lightly Child, Lightly. (The Darkness Around Us is Deep)

~ Live & Learn

Now I carry those days in a tiny box
wherever I go. I open the lid like this
and let the light glimpse and then glance away.
There is a sigh like my breath when I do this.
Some days I do this again and again.

— William Stafford, from “Remembering” in The Darkness Around Us Is Deep: Selected Poems.

Notes:

  • Poem Source: Thank you Beth via Alive on All Channels
  • Photo: DK 4:45am this morning at Cove Island Park. For more photos from this morning, click here.
  • Thursday Posts inspired by 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.

10 thoughts on “Lightly Child, Lightly. (The Darkness Around Us is Deep)”

  3. Heavy sigh DK. I don’t just see darkness in this photo. I see all the light. Funny how trained the eye and mind can be. So much beauty in this photo.

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