All I want to be
is the topmost branch
of a tree, my feet anchored
deep in the ground,
my head in the company of
clouds.
From today's prompt:
More Starting Places
“All I want to be
is a thousand blackbirds
bursting from a tree,
seeding the sky.”
Kooser/Harrison
Start each stanza: All I want to be…” and continue.
9 comments:
head in the clouds
feet to the earth
balance in life
Very nice thoughts
Sounds like the perfect way to live a life. Maybe even branch out a bit from there. ;)
Exactly...
So wonderful.
The photo looks like the redwoods out where my daughter lives....Standing among them is a spiritual experience.
Brian - it's how I find mine
Thanks, OOTP
lol Hilary - I intend to!
Thanks, Deb:)
Molly - that's where I took this photo. I was visiting my son on the west coast and we camped for several days among the redwoods. Being among them stuns the senses. A Zen friend once told me he thought I'd been a redwood in a former life. I avowed as how I thought I may have been a much smaller sort - I've always had a special affinity for trees.
A redwood?
I picture you as a beautiful tall white birch --
Hope you don't mind!
Mind, J? I love the thought!
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