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Red Bird
Explains Himself
Explains Himself
“Yes, I was
the brilliance floating over the snow
and I was the song in the summer
leaves,
the brilliance floating over the snow
and I was the song in the summer
leaves,
but this
was
only the first trick
I had hold of among my other mythologies,
for
I also knew obedience: bring sticks to the nest,
food to the young, kisses to
my bride.
was
only the first trick
I had hold of among my other mythologies,
for
I also knew obedience: bring sticks to the nest,
food to the young, kisses to
my bride.
But don’t stop there, stay with
me: listen. If I was the song that entered your
heart
then I was the music of your heart, that you wanted and needed,
and
thus wilderness bloomed that, with all its followers: gardeners, lovers, people who
weep
for the death of rivers. And this was my true task, to be the music of the body. Do you understand? for truly the body needs a song, a spirit, a soul. And no less, to make this
work,
the soul has need of a body,
and I am both of the earth and I am of the
inexplicable
beauty of heaven
where I fly so easily, so welcome, yes,
and this is why I have been
sent, to teach this to your
heart.” ~ Mary Oliver ~
(Red
Bird)
Bird)
I hear the song! 