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In Praise of the
Earth
Earth
Let us bless
The
imagination of the Earth.
That knew early the patience
To harness the mind
of time,
Waited for the seas to warm,
Ready to welcome the emergence
Of
things dreaming of voyaging
Among the stillness of land.
The
imagination of the Earth.
That knew early the patience
To harness the mind
of time,
Waited for the seas to warm,
Ready to welcome the emergence
Of
things dreaming of voyaging
Among the stillness of land.
And how light knew to
nurse
The growth until the face of the Earth
Brightened beneath a vision
of color.
nurse
The growth until the face of the Earth
Brightened beneath a vision
of color.
When the ages of ice
came
And sealed the Earth inside
An endless coma of cold,
The heart of
the Earth held hope,
Storing fragments of memory,
Ready for the return of
the sun.
came
And sealed the Earth inside
An endless coma of cold,
The heart of
the Earth held hope,
Storing fragments of memory,
Ready for the return of
the sun.
Let us thank the
Earth
That offers ground for home
And holds our feet firm
To walk in
space open
To infinite galaxies.
Earth
That offers ground for home
And holds our feet firm
To walk in
space open
To infinite galaxies.
Let us salute the
silence
And certainty of mountains:
Their sublime stillness,
Their
dream-filled hearts.
silence
And certainty of mountains:
Their sublime stillness,
Their
dream-filled hearts.
The wonder of a
garden
Trusting the first warmth of spring
Until its black infinity of
cells
Becomes charged with dream;
Then the silent, slow nurture
Of the
seed's self, coaxing it
To trust the act of death.
garden
Trusting the first warmth of spring
Until its black infinity of
cells
Becomes charged with dream;
Then the silent, slow nurture
Of the
seed's self, coaxing it
To trust the act of death.
The humility of the
Earth
That transfigures all
That has fallen
Of outlived
growth.
Earth
That transfigures all
That has fallen
Of outlived
growth.
The kindness of the
Earth,
Opening to receive
Our worn forms
Into the final
stillness.
Earth,
Opening to receive
Our worn forms
Into the final
stillness.
Let us ask forgiveness of
the Earth
For all our sins against her:
For our violence and
poisonings
Of her beauty.
the Earth
For all our sins against her:
For our violence and
poisonings
Of her beauty.
Let us remember within
us
The ancient clay,
Holding the memory of seasons,
The passion of the
wind,
The fluency of water,
The warmth of fire,
The quiver-touch of the
sun
And shadowed sureness of the moon.
us
The ancient clay,
Holding the memory of seasons,
The passion of the
wind,
The fluency of water,
The warmth of fire,
The quiver-touch of the
sun
And shadowed sureness of the moon.
That we may awaken,
To
live to the full
The dream of the Earth
Who chose us to emerge
And
incarnate its hidden night
In mind, spirit, and light.
To
live to the full
The dream of the Earth
Who chose us to emerge
And
incarnate its hidden night
In mind, spirit, and light.
~ John O'Donohue
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(To Bless the
Space Between Us)
Space Between Us)