"The Peace of Wild Things"

[Horse with no Name]

"THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS"
by Wendell Berry

When despair grows in me
and I wake in the middle of 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
rests in his beauty on the water, and 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 water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting for their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

[brer cat]

1. Thank you.

I love Wendell Berry...poetry and prose.

[H2O Man]

2. Recommended.

Very nice.

[Silver Gaia]

3. Lovely.

Wish I could do that...

[handmade34]

4. sigh...

"In wildness is the preservation of Man"

[ALBliberal]

5. Wow

[lillypaddle]

6. Lovely

Thanks so much for sharing.

[Nay]

7. So beautiful.

[dhill926]

8. big K & R....

good advice for staying sane during the madness...and the hard work of resistance.

[liberalla]

9. wonderful...

i felt that ~ thank you
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