Thursday, February 12, 2009

The Heart (Lucy Kaplansky)


I'm feeling uncharacteristically out of words this week - lots of deadlines/chores/To-Do's to attend to... and never enough time in which to accomplish...

For now, a Valentine's Day dedication will have to suffice - for my three amazing children-turned-adults... <3

P.S. SMM here and here...



Somehow we must see
through the shimmering cloth
of daily life, its painted,
evasive facings of what to eat,
to wear? Which work
matters? Is a bird more
or less than a man?

*

There have been people
who helped the world. Named
or not named. They weren't interested
in what might matter,
doubled over as they were
with compassion. Laden
branches, bright rivers.

*

When a bulb burns out
we just change it--
it's not the bulb we love;
it's the light.

QUOTE: "The heart is not simply suspended in a body but in a culture, a place, a time." ~ Mimi Guarneri

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