Sunday, November 14, 2010

Wendell Berry: Given






We travelers, walking to the sun, can't see
Ahead, but looking back the very light
that blinded us shows us the way we came,
Along which blessings now appear, risen
As if from sightlessness to sight, and we,
By blessing brightly lit, keep going toward
That blessed light that yet to us is dark.

Sabbaths 1999: VI



1 comment:

Donna Boucher said...

Oh! This is very beautiful. Thank you.

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