- Turning (photo by Susan D)
turn around, bright eyes
turn around, bright world
turn around, shadow river
turn around and sing your song, again and again, the melody of river your bed and the sun overhead
setting and rising, setting and rising
turn around, bright eyes, this weekend soon turns to next
river wash us clean
in inspiration
trilling the heart which beats its morning drum
sings through the years
turn around, bright eyes
open palms
release all
except this precious day, this precious turning,
and even now it’s gone
onto the next turning
and the next
and the sacred next
“trilling the heart which beats its morning drum”
Yes!
Beating on this morning’s drum with you, Laurie!
Quite simply …. LOVE!
Love…yes…everywhere. Thank you for your magnificent photo, Susan. It is the hands-down winner of all our river photos. Don’t you love it when the camera does something wild & crazy and produces art?
Kathy: What a lovely phrase: “the sacred next”…
I shall use when grieving with others at their loved ones’ deaths…
“the sacred next”….yes, what an image….how very very special…
thank you, sincerely, thank you for the life that you live in order for
you to have such insight and such words about such wordlessness.
Fountainpen
Fountainpen, I love that phrase, too. The sacred next. And the sacred next. So glad that it will be used to comfort those who may have difficulty imagining a sacred next at such a time.
Kathy, how profound and beautiful!! And echoing fountainpen’s recognition and gratitude for the life you live and so willingly share with your words and your heart.
Colleen, it almost feels impossible not to share. It feels like something deeper keeps bubbling forth, bubbling up, and the expression brings me joy. I am only delighted that some others enjoy the bubbles as well. 🙂
Release all, except this precious day!
Perfect….
So hard, sometimes, to release, isn’t it? It is for me. But when I release everything except this preciousness–or incorporate everything into the sense of preciousness–the day feels sacred, indeed. Thanks, Kim.
Yes, live in the moment as life makes its turns. The photo makes me a little dizzy – I like it!
The photo made me a lot dizzy! And then it made me happy. I love what Susan’s camera did.
I did not visit the river today. I did spin.
Spin, spin, spin! I am pondering the difference between spinning and turning. I think turning encompasses spinning. Smile…
I love this. Just… love it. 🙂
Thanks, Robin. I felt this huge emotional connection to the way life turns and tried to express it. Not sure that the emotions connected exactly in words, but it was a good try!
Echoing Kimberly… Release all, except this precious day… is perfect…
Beautiful poem and great picture!
“The eye is the first circle” ~ Emerson
Thank you so much, Barbara. Sitting quietly pondering “They eye is the first circle.” That is beautiful. Will bring that turning into this day.
“the sacred next” – such an open, promising, wonderful phrase.
Carol, it is hopeful, isn’t it? And now we’re in “the sacred next”
What will this day bring?
Thank you – once again – for reminding me about the sacredness of each moment. Lovely, lovely!
We all need to keep nudging one another. Remember, remember, life is short… And to open our eyes to see what’s all around us in such beauty. That’s what I’m trying to remember, anyway.