March 25, 2010

The Wild Rose

sometimes hidden from me

in daily custom and trust

so that i live by you unaware

as by the beating of my heart,

suddenly you flare in my sight,

a wild rose blooming at the edge

of thicket, grace and light

where yesterday was only shade,

and once again i am blessed, choosing

again what i chose before.

-wendell berry

(i expect to be writing with my heart strings in the coming weeks. prepare yourself, reader).