The Truth of Still Bridges
"Once upon a time there was a girl.
And she saw the world not always as it was, but as perhaps it could be,
with just a little bit of magic.
And Ella continued to see the world not as it is but how it could be,
if only you believe in courage and kindness, and occasionally,
just a little bit of magic."
Charles Perrault
Oceans Anchor Our Twin Rainbows
THE TRUELOVE
by David Whyte
by David Whyte
There is a faith in loving fiercely
the one who is rightfully yours,
especially if you have...
waited years and especially
if part of you never believed
you could deserve this
loved and beckoning hand
held out to you this way.
the one who is rightfully yours,
especially if you have...
waited years and especially
if part of you never believed
you could deserve this
loved and beckoning hand
held out to you this way.
I am thinking of faith now
and the testaments of loneliness
and what we feel we are
worthy of in this world.
and the testaments of loneliness
and what we feel we are
worthy of in this world.
Years ago in the Hebrides,
I remember an old man
who walked every morning
on the grey stones
to the shore of baying seals,
who would press his hat
to his chest in the blustering
salt wind and say his prayer
to the turbulent Jesus
hidden in the water,
and I think of the story
of the storm and everyone
waking and seeing
the distant
yet familiar figure
far across the water
calling to them
I remember an old man
who walked every morning
on the grey stones
to the shore of baying seals,
who would press his hat
to his chest in the blustering
salt wind and say his prayer
to the turbulent Jesus
hidden in the water,
and I think of the story
of the storm and everyone
waking and seeing
the distant
yet familiar figure
far across the water
calling to them
and how we are all
preparing for that
abrupt waking,
and that calling,
and that moment
we have to say yes,
except it will
not come so grandly
so Biblicall
but more subtly
and intimately in the face
of the one you know
you have to love
preparing for that
abrupt waking,
and that calling,
and that moment
we have to say yes,
except it will
not come so grandly
so Biblicall
but more subtly
and intimately in the face
of the one you know
you have to love
so that when
we finally step out of the boat
toward them, we find
everything holds
us, and everything confirms
our courage,
and if you wanted
to drown you could,
but you don't
because finally
after all this struggle
and all these years
you don't want to any more
we finally step out of the boat
toward them, we find
everything holds
us, and everything confirms
our courage,
and if you wanted
to drown you could,
but you don't
because finally
after all this struggle
and all these years
you don't want to any more
you've simply had enough
of drowning
of drowning
and you want to live and you
want to love and you will
walk across any territory
and any darkness
however fluid and however
dangerous to take the
one hand you know
belongs in yours.
want to love and you will
walk across any territory
and any darkness
however fluid and however
dangerous to take the
one hand you know
belongs in yours.
THE TRUELOVE
From ‘The House of Belonging’
© David Whyte and Many Rivers Press
From ‘The House of Belonging’
© David Whyte and Many Rivers Press
Adventures
City Summer and River Days
This Nascent Bridge of Longing
Brooklyn, Brooklyn,
Took Us
In.
Then, a Wild Pure Light asks
For These Three Centred Friends,
Love is eternal, poetic, real,
Hands travel, Still, deep,
For Eli & Casper and Teddy,
That Day On Our Bridge
like The Pacific Rainbow that lives on through and through,
it's love anchors timelessly, as ocean love dives deep.
As we who are made of these oceans will be more than ok,
as we soften, as we meld, as we rise and fall
Like water, Still, flowing,
This Vibrant Rainbow Light,
The Truth of Still Bridges
Still, Alive For You.
Pure Joy In Ocean's Movement
Be This, Dancing, Alive With Me.
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