Elders
we have been here so short a time
and we pretend that we have invented memory
we have forgotten what it is like to be you
who do not remember us
we remember imagining that what survived us
would be like us
and would remember the world as it appears to us
but it will be your eyes that will fill with light
we kill you again and again
and we turn into you
eating the forests
eating the earth and water
and dying of them
departing from ourselves
leaving you the morning
in its antiquity
~W. S. Merwin~
5 comments:
That's beautiful. Love your new header. So ethereal. Hoping you are having a wonderful day.
Mary
Thank You Mary...I've been working hard over here to change things up and get away from the Halloween look? LOL....
I wanted something heartlike yet winter like too but haven't found what I'm looking for just yet but this seems to suit me so....
I hope your day is fullfilling as well and that you are doing something for you today!
Big Hugs! :)
love the new look. Hope you have a blessed Sunday dear. take care
You are a busy little bee. Rearranging and updating! Love the new look and the great poem.
A visit with a friend is a good thing.
Thank you!
Blessings.
this was beautiful, and it touched me deeply.
Thank you for sharing radiant lady~!
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