One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?
—Rachel Carson
And so I memorize how it is
that the cheeks nearly freeze
but the body’s so warm,
how the river informs every measure
but the thoughts sift to silence,
how the body thrills
in its ability to swing one foot
in front of the other, how
walking is just another name
for recovering from falling,
how strange it seems now
that I was once afraid of the dark.
I love this poem!
thank you!
“walking is just another name
for recovering from falling,”
These lines change how I see the path ahead of me. Thank you.
I think of this all the time as I walk … or ski. or run. except I don’t always recover!
And one way to expand my vision–my view of life–is to read your poems…. This one, as do many of them, weaves so many threads!
thank you, Carol!