Re: A poem :-)
A beautiful thread beren, you may never know how far your words reach.....and teach.....and bring peace, to who knows how many people.
words from the heart have such strengh and power !
here are some words that resonate strongly with me.
The invitation
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living, i want to know what you ache for and if you dare to meet your hearts longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are, i want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love,for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planet is squaring your moon, i want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shelled and closed from fear of further pain. i want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or to fake it or to fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let ecstacy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling is true, i want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself, if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul, if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see the beauty even when it's not pretty everywhere and if you can seduce your life from it's presence.
I want to know if you can live with faliure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the moon... Yes
It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied, i want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away, i want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
By Oriah Mountian Dreamer
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