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Kätzchen · 10-04-2015, 10:18 AM

The Peace of Wild Things
~ 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,
And 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 peace of still water,
And I feel above me the day-long stars,
Waiting with their light. For a time,
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

10-04-2015, 10:18 AM	#26
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: Attached <3 Join Date: May 2010 Location: In a very small community Posts: 16,327 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,211 Thanked 33,661 Times in 10,748 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	The Peace of Wild Things ~ 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, And 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 peace of still water, And I feel above me the day-long stars, Waiting with their light. For a time, I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. __________________ “Sometimes, the thing that breaks your heart ends up fixing your vision.” — The Reverend Dr. Bernice A. King. 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷