Sunday, November 12, 2017

this rain










What a thing it is to sit absolutely alone,
in the forest, at night, cherished by this
wonderful, unintelligible,
perfectly innocent speech,
the most comforting speech in the world,
the talk that rain makes by itself all over the ridges,
and the talk of the watercourses everywhere in the hollows!
Nobody started it, nobody is going to stop it.
 
It will talk as long as it wants, this rain.
As long as it talks I am going to listen.




~ Thomas Merton




1 comments:

Penelope Notes said...

Rain is music to my ears yet I didn’t know of this wonderful description by Merton until you brought it to light on your blog. I look forward to coming here never knowing what thought-provoking gem I will find!