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The Journey

 

One day you finally knew

what you had to do, and began,

though the voices around you

kept shouting

their bad advice--

though the whole house

began to tremble

and you felt the old tug

at your ankles.

" Mend my life! "

each voice cried.

But you didn't stop.

You knew what you had to do,

though the wind pried

with its stiff fingers

at the very foundations,

though their melancholy

was terrible.

It was already late

enough, and a wild night,

and the road full of fallen

branches and stones.

But little by little,

as you left their voices behind,

the stars began to burn

through the sheets of clouds,

and there was a new voice

which you slowly

recognized as your own,

that kept you company

as you strode deeper and deeper

into the world,

determined to do

the only thing you could do--

determined to save

the only life you could save.

 

© Mary Oliver. Online Source

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dear dhyana. . .Namaste. . .thanks for posting. . .this is a treat. . .i love Mary Olivers' poetry. . . dhyana this left me with a wondering. . .has Kundalini Ma brought forth poetry to ones in this group. . .i would love to read your poems. . .she has brought a few to me, and i enjoy playing with kundalini energetics in poetry. . .and in truth am not good with the words but love playing with the form and trying to express the energetic through the frame of poetry. . .love and lightordinary sparrow , "novalees" <dhyana wrote:>> The Journey> > One day you finally knew> what you had to do, and began,> though the voices around you> kept shouting> their bad advice--> though the whole house> began to tremble> and you felt the old tug> at your ankles.> "Mend my life!"> each voice cried.> But you didn't stop.> You knew what you had to do,> though the wind pried> with its stiff fingers> at the very foundations,> though their melancholy> was terrible.> It was already late> enough, and a wild night,> and the road full of fallen> branches and stones.> But little by little,> as you left their voices behind,> the stars began to burn> through the sheets of clouds,> and there was a new voice> which you slowly> recognized as your own,> that kept you company> as you strode deeper and deeper> into the world,> determined to do> the only thing you could do--> determined to save> the only life you could save. > > © Mary Oliver. Online Source>

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Yes, we love poetry! On our KAS1 Website we have

a section for member poems. Here is the link:

 

http://www.kundaliniawakeningsystems1.com/poetry.html

 

Would love you to share some of yours with us.

 

Love, dhyana

 

, " ordinarysparrow "

<ordinarysparrow wrote:

>

> dear dhyana. . .

>

> Namaste. . .

>

> thanks for posting. . .this is a treat. . .i love Mary Olivers' poetry.

> . .

>

> dhyana this left me with a wondering. . .has Kundalini Ma brought forth

> poetry to ones in this group. . .i would love to read your poems. . .she

> has brought a few to me, and i enjoy playing with kundalini energetics

> in poetry. . .and in truth am not good with the words but love playing

> with the form and trying to express the energetic through the frame of

> poetry. . .

>

> love and light

> ordinary sparrow

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