Friday, August 24, 2018

What We Need Is Here

Poem for the week -- “What we need is here”:

Geese appear high over us,
pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,
as in love or sleep, holds
them to their way, clear
in the ancient faith: what we need
is here. And we pray, not
for new earth or heaven, but to be
quiet in heart, and in eye,
clear. What we need is here

-- Wendell Berry

The earth and heavens tell us everything we need to know.