Tuesday, September 6, 2022

our children, coming of age








In the great circle, dancing in
and out of time, you move now
toward your partners, answering
the music suddenly audible to you
that only carried you before
and will carry you again.
 
When you meet the destined ones
now dancing toward you,
out of your awareness for the time,
we whom you know, others we remember
whom you do not remember, others 
forgotten by us all.
 
When you meet, and hold love 
in your arms, regardless of all,
the unknown will dance away from you 
toward the horizon of light.
Our names will flutter
on these hills like little fires.




~ Wendell Berry




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1 comments:

Andrew said...

Dear Dean

I came across your wonderful blog this morning! I was looking online for the text of Wendell Berry's poem Our children, coming of age.

I simply want to say thank you for your curation of all these great reflective and meditative poems and pieces of writing. I look forward to reading more in the future.

Go well and stay well,
Andrew