The sun set in the sea
The light wind, the kind, warm sun ... yeah ... today is a day to enjoy being a creature.
He bounces cheerfully up and down;
he rushes in circles in the fallen leaves
Obviously, he has no sense of shame.
He and the bird know everything is answered,
all taken care of,
no need to ask again.
--Yesterday brought to today so lightly!
(A yesterday I find almost impossible to lift.)
-Elizabeth Bishop, "Five Flights Up"
"You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves."
-Mary Oliver, "Wild Geese"
He bounces cheerfully up and down;
he rushes in circles in the fallen leaves
Obviously, he has no sense of shame.
He and the bird know everything is answered,
all taken care of,
no need to ask again.
--Yesterday brought to today so lightly!
(A yesterday I find almost impossible to lift.)
-Elizabeth Bishop, "Five Flights Up"
"You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves."
-Mary Oliver, "Wild Geese"