"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” - Kerouac
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives...
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annalee:
I came across this poem last year, there is a kind of hidden garden in my city and someone has written it on a slate by the river. It's such a perfect poem, I was very happy when I found it. Nice to find your journal of thoughtfulness here, among all the rubble.
eugene2:
Such a beautiful way to stumble across a Berry! Poems (people, life lessons) find their way into your life when they should. Even within the rubble. Be good :-)~.
“Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.”
“Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they...
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"People often don't know what they're talking about. But when they talk about love, they really don't know what they're talking about. The one sure thing you can say about love is that there isn't much you can say about it. Not that you shouldn't try, you can make analogies. Love is like a lot of things. One thing it's like is a trout stream....
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