
the little snail’s trail. Everywhere I go,
every inch: quiet record of the foot’s silver prayer.
I lived once.
Thank you.
It was here.
~ Aracelis Girmay, “Ars Poetica,” Kingdom Animalia
Notes:
- Photo: Julie Renée Jones Rewrites Memory In ‘Umbra.’ Since 2001, photographer Julie Renée Jones has been capturing places somewhere in between reality and figments of imagination (via ignant).
- Poem: via lifeinpoetry
- 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.”
- Related posts: May Sarton