axioms for wildness

Alive to the thrill

Of the wild.

Meet the dawn

On a mountain.

Wash you face

In the morning dew.

Feel the favor of the earth.

Go out naked in the wind,

Your skin

Almost Aeolian.

With the music inside,

Dance like there is no outside.

Become subtle enough

To hear a tree breathe.

Sleep by the ocean,

Letting yourself unfurl

Like the reeds that swirl

Gradually on the sea floor.

Try to watch a painting from within:

How it holds what it never shows.

The mystery of your face,

Showing what you never see.

See your imagination dawn

Around the rim of your world.

Feel the seamless silk of the ocean

Worm you in ancient buoyancy.

Feel the wild imprint of surprise

When you are taken in by your lover's eyes.

Succumb to warmth in the heart

Where divine fire glows.

~ John O'Donohue

from To Bless the space Between Us