Guest guest Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 i'd like to think that if there was a soul, it would be pure and untouched...far away from the layers of our over thinking mind > > Got this one recently from a friend whose husband died suddenly at age 51. Life is so fleeting and fragile. The questions I'm left with are " What makes a great soul? Am I a great soul? Will anyone miss me when I die? " Don't know the answers. I'm here now and I matter now. > > > We can be. Be and be > better. For they existed. > > > Helena > > > > > > When great trees fall > by Maya Angelou > > > > > When great trees fall, > rocks on distant hills shudder, > lions hunker down > in tall grasses, > and even elephants > lumber after safety. > > When great trees fall > in forests, > small things recoil into silence, > their senses > eroded beyond fear. > > When great souls die, > the air around us becomes > light, rare, sterile. > We breathe, briefly. > Our eyes, briefly, > see with > a hurtful clarity. > Our memory, suddenly sharpened, > examines, > gnaws on kind words > unsaid, > promised walks > never taken. > > Great souls die and > our reality, bound to > them, takes leave of us. > Our souls, > dependent upon their > nurture, > now shrink, wizened. > > Our minds, formed > and informed by their > radiance, > fall away. > We are not so much maddened > as reduced to the unutterable ignorance > of dark, cold > caves. > > And when great souls die, > after a period peace blooms, > slowly and always > irregularly. Spaces fill > with a kind of > soothing electric vibration. > Our senses, restored, never > to be the same, whisper to us. > They existed. They existed. > We can be. Be and be > better. For they existed. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Perhaps it is that, and everything besides. In other words, find that crystalline purity where it's always been. It didn't move.Maybe shed a tear for all the tomorrows that've become yesterdays. Plant a tree there, and help it grow.Regards,Detlef> >> > Got this one recently from a friend whose husband died suddenly at age 51. Life is so fleeting and fragile. The questions I'm left with are "What makes a great soul? Am I a great soul? Will anyone miss me when I die?" Don't know the answers. I'm here now and I matter now. > > > > > > We can be. Be and be > > better. For they existed. > > > > > > Helena > > > > > > > > > > > > When great trees fall > > by Maya Angelou > > > > > > > > > > When great trees fall, > > rocks on distant hills shudder, > > lions hunker down > > in tall grasses, > > and even elephants > > lumber after safety. > > > > When great trees fall > > in forests, > > small things recoil into silence, > > their senses > > eroded beyond fear. > > > > When great souls die, > > the air around us becomes > > light, rare, sterile. > > We breathe, briefly. > > Our eyes, briefly, > > see with > > a hurtful clarity. > > Our memory, suddenly sharpened, > > examines, > > gnaws on kind words > > unsaid, > > promised walks > > never taken. > > > > Great souls die and > > our reality, bound to > > them, takes leave of us. > > Our souls, > > dependent upon their > > nurture, > > now shrink, wizened. > > > > Our minds, formed > > and informed by their > > radiance, > > fall away. > > We are not so much maddened > > as reduced to the unutterable ignorance > > of dark, cold > > caves. > > > > And when great souls die, > > after a period peace blooms, > > slowly and always > > irregularly. Spaces fill > > with a kind of > > soothing electric vibration. > > Our senses, restored, never > > to be the same, whisper to us. > > They existed. They existed. > > We can be. Be and be > > better. For they existed.> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 > > Like when we are totally, non-judgmentally in the moment? > > D yes, and accepting thank you for this poem Helen. it has realy been helpful for me in a lot of ways wanda in albuquerque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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