face the truth
Where the Wild Things Are
Go with him
into the deserted places
where mind won’t survive,
deep in your wilds, exposed,
with the beasts,
feral, shifty, wise
in their wordless ways,
their primal hungers,
their devouring instincts,
disappearing easily
into your canyons and outcroppings.
You don’t vanquish them,
you watch,
and learn to survive among them,
and witness the mystery,
how they lie down beside him.
Even they know
these washes and gulches
are a palm.
In this extremity,
you find your place
among your terrors,
your wastelands,
your angels.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
life: acoustic & amplified 