I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by words…
Is it just me?
Opinions, interpretations, conjectures.
Instead, I offer you a beautiful image of a Welsh field and two Welsh poems.
After all, this is a pause for reflection.
The Bright Field
I have seen the sun break through
to illuminate a small field
for a while, and gone my way
and forgotten it. But that was the pearl
of great price, the one field that had
treasure in it. I realise now
that I must give all that I have
to possess it. Life is not hurryingon to a receding future, nor hankering after
R S Thomas from Collected Poems 1945–1990, Dent
an imagined past. It is the turning
aside like Moses to the miracle
of the lit bush, to a brightness
that seemed as transitory as your youth
once, but is the eternity that awaits you.
Isn’t this wonderful? It was sent to me by a friend last Saturday.
Found
In a field,
I hadn’t
been
looking in.Covered,
in layers
of mud
and tears.A pearl
Sue Heatherington, March 2020
I’d mistaken
for a
pebble.
Thanks for reading
Sue
This Week
Continuing to explore how we can #choosehope and keep going
- Monday: It starts with us
- Tuesday: Blessing to be…
- Wednesday: Hopeful perseverance
- Thursday: Not giving up
- Friday: Hello – who are you?