That I loved with all my strength To my soul’s full depth and length Careless if my heart may break That I sang as children sing Fitting tune to everything Loving life for its own sake Sara Teasdale [Link to the book]
Everything, every single thing matters
Some will tell you It doesn’t matter That is a lie Everything, every single thing matters And Nothing good happens fast Howard Schrager [Link to the book]
Evening of content
Grateful enough How can our minds and bodies be Grateful enough that we have spent Here in this generous house This evening of content? Each one of us has walked through storm And fled the wolves along the road But here the hearth is wide and warm And for this shelter and this light Accept,…
What if the bridge men built goes down
What if the bridge men built goes down What if the torrent sweeps the town The hills are safe, the hills remain And hills are happy in the rain; If I can climb the hills and find A small cottage to my mind A lonely but a cleanly house With shelves too bare to tempt…
Into my heart’s treasury
Into my heart’s treasury I slipped a coin That time cannot take Nor a thief purloin Oh, better than the minting Of a gold crowned king Is the safe kept memory Of a lovely thing Sara Teasdale [Link to the book]
Incense yearns to disappear in scent
Incense yearns to disappear in scent Scent to cling to incense Melody seeks to fetter herself in rhythm While rhythm flows back to melody What drama is this between creation and destruction Bondage is striving after freedom And freedom seeking rest in bondage Rabindranath Tagore [Link to the book]