This morning, I'm just going to let William Stafford speak for me. He always does such a beautiful job of it....
"Any Morning"
Just lying on the couch and being happy.
Only humming a little, the quiet sound in the head.
Trouble is busy elsewhere at the moment, it has
so much to do in the world.
People who might judge are mostly asleep; they can't
monitor you all the time, and sometimes they forget.
When dawn flows over the hedge you can
get up and act busy.
Little corners like this, pieces of Heaven
left lying around, can be picked up and saved.
People won't even see that you have them,
they are so light and easy to hide.
Later in the day you can act like the others.
You can shake your head. You can frown.
~ William Stafford
Painting by N.C. Wyeth
It's a beautiful poem. It is my birthday present from you today, and I love the line about saving little pieces of heaven. And those last two lines, I just love this poem. Thank you so much, Teresa.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, dear lady! Have a wonderful day!
DeleteI love the poem. It will remind me to look for the "Little corners like this, pieces of Heaven
ReplyDeleteleft lying around..."
Thank you.
And they're everywhere, John.... :)
DeleteEarly and around midnight are magical times for me ... something happens and I no longer think ... that is a very good thing ...
ReplyDeleteshutting off our internal dialogue is always a good thing.... letting go... letting life be life. If I make it to midnight I always seem to get a second wind, a more peaceful wind....
Delete"Little corners like this, pieces of Heaven
ReplyDeleteleft lying around, can be picked up and saved.
People won't even see that you have them,
they are so light and easy to hide."
Pure poetry!
Aren't those wonderful lines?
DeleteThis just gave me the giggles!! Love it!! :)
ReplyDeleteGood Morning, Rita! :)
DeleteAn excellent way to start December!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Montucky!
DeleteLovely, as usual, Teresa.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda.
DeleteMade me smile.
ReplyDeleteLet's just say, it really spoke to me... :)
DeleteOh, this is so wonderful, Teresa. I may "borrow" it from you, and from William Stafford some day, but only when the time is just right.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! It's William's and I don't think he'll mind... :)
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