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Kätzchen · 11-22-2017, 12:03 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 gear of what my life and children's lives might be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
Rests in his beauty on the water,
and where 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 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.

11-22-2017, 12:03 AM	#32
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: Attached <3 Join Date: May 2010 Location: In a very small community Posts: 16,328 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,209 Thanked 33,662 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 gear of what my life and children's lives might be, I go and lie down where the wood drake Rests in his beauty on the water, and where 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 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. __________________ “Sometimes, the thing that breaks your heart ends up fixing your vision.” — The Reverend Dr. Bernice A. King. 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷