December 19, 2009
The Opening of Eyes*
from the airplane, over Oakland, Canon Digital Rebel XSi
The Opening of Eyes
That day I saw beneath dark clouds
the passing light over the water
and I heard the voice of the world speak out,
I knew then, as I had before
life is no passing memory of what has been
nor the remaining pages in a great book
waiting to be read.
It is the opening of eyes long closed.
It is the vision of far off things
seen for the silence they hold.
It is the heart after years
of secret conversing
speaking out loud in the clear air.
It is Moses in the desert
fallen to his knees before the lit bush.
It is the man throwing away his shoes
as if to enter heaven
and finding himself astonished,
opened at last,
fallen in love with solid ground.
-- David Whyte
from Songs for Coming Home
©1984 Many Rivers Press
I love that photo, so beautiful xx
Posted by: sacredcrayon at December 23, 2009 08:03 AMi love David Whyte's poetry and he is so freakin' cute too!!!
Posted by: moe at December 22, 2009 06:48 PMThank you. Dank je. This was a needed reminder that no story is fully played out and that we do, after all, choose our own endings. I choose it!
And maybe what I've fallen in love with is, indeed, solid ground after all.
Thank you. Dank je. This was a needed reminder that no story is fully played out and that we do, after all, choose our own endings. I choose it!
And maybe what I've fallen in love with is, indeed, solid ground after all.
lovely poem, i keep coming back and reading it. the photo fits it so well i think. thanks for sharing.
Posted by: jenn at December 22, 2009 11:17 AMAs always, thank you for this! I'm not familiar with David Whyte, so I look forward to reading some more of his work. And I agree that the photograph is beautiful, and fits perfectly with the poem.
Posted by: Jennifer at December 21, 2009 09:12 AMGorgeous...David Whyte has been charming me lately, and that photograph is perfection.
Posted by: Katie @ cakes, tea and dreams at December 21, 2009 08:39 AMPerfect.
Posted by: spoiledonlychild at December 21, 2009 08:26 AMi adore david whyte, his poetry really speaks to the soul.
Posted by: kristen at December 20, 2009 09:59 AMwhat an incredibly beautiful poem and photograph. thank you for share this.
"fallen in love with solid ground"... couldn't have been put better and exactly what i needed to hear this morning.
what an incredibly beautiful poem and photograph.
"fallen in love with solid ground"... exactly what i needed to hear.