Yeah, that
The Peace of Wild Things
By Wendell Berry
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 with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water,
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and I am free.
Image by A1ik
Comments
Thank you, grazie, merci....for the lovely words, and for confirming I'm not the only one who wrestles with needless anxiety.
R--I'd like you to have a LOT of that!
E--So true...
D--You are amazingly well-read. I just found that poem for the first time in a book from the library. It just knocked my socks off. Glad you liked the photo, too. Must try out my new marine battery to power my CPAP in a tent. Should keep the bears away, not that I'd want to.