Pass through closed doors,
the forest is in the trees.
From within the woods
find the sheltering clearing
surrounding you in a dance.
Expose yourself, bare yourself, free yourself.
Only from standing upon
the broadest meadows
and highest passes
will the mountains come to you.
You may try to double back
to retrace a path,
see what remains.
But the rocks and logs and streams
will be transformed anew for you.
Stretch and open wider
than your physical form
knows how to do.
Catch what you cannot see…. envisioning.
A fish won’t bite the fly when it is looking at you!
catch what you can not see...love that line...
ReplyDeleteoff topic: yes Dianne - we ARE all connected
ReplyDelete…stretch and open wider…that's just perfect - one wants to do this when seeing our majestic nature in your pic
I really like this article and all other articles of the blog . your writings are great.
ReplyDeletePlease visit my blog on spirituality and follow it.
http://hrudayam-theinnerjourney.blogspot.com/
Thanks
vijay
India
You must come to know him as he knew himself not as you imagine him to have been then you will have crossed the Persian desert to his dwelling place where he will I am sure sip tea with you and chat,
ReplyDelete“When we set truth on its head we usually fail to notice that our head too is not standing where it ought to stand.” Friedrich Nietzsche
ReplyDeleteYou labelled this a poem about transformation, and not just the transformation of the external world in rocks and logs and stuff, but the transformation of the inner you as you look outside the box of yourself. You're dedicated to that stretching out thing and I love you for it.
ReplyDeleteImpressive the way you get each stanza to click shut.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog - and leaving the comment on out of body experience. Your comment was most interesting and informative - thanks for that. As for a link - I am afraid it was not an article, it was just a paragraph in the Times magazine for today 'Eureka' and all it said was just what I said in the post - it was only a couple of lines. You could probably read it if you wished by going to the Times site and then to Eureka magazine - sorry but I can't do links.
ReplyDeletethis is stunning:
ReplyDeleteOnly from standing upon
the broadest meadows
and highest passes
will the mountains come to you.
one could make this into a life's motto...