I’m going to the shore’s edge
and gaze upon all I can see,
sit with a cold drink
there next to me –
Pondering life’s
mysterious deal,
I’ll give my heart and soul
some time to heal –
While thinking of so many things
of which I can never truly understand,
I will watch the waves come and go
washing away the sand –
I shall wonder about dreams
that cause the spirit to roam,
while knowing, man can not live
on bread alone –
Out there where it feels so good
not to have a care at times,
I will learn, a contented heart
eases a complicated mind –
And someday, when I get back up
from where I’m at,
I’ll pull on my walking boots
and my favorite old hat;
then I’ll go out once more,
for my insatiable soul thirsts yet again,
longing for something at the edges
that even it, can in no way name –
‘For weeks I have felt on the point
of learning a mystery, but now
my agitation has dropped away… ‘
– Jane Kenyon (from: ‘The Secret’)
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