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Krayna Castelbaum

November 2009 Poem of the Month: Sweet Darkness

Poem of the Month ~ November 2009

May you allow sweet darkness embrace you this month and surprise you

with gifts as of yet unimagined.

--Krayna

 

 

Sweet Darkness

When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.

 

When your vision has gone
no part of the world can find you.

 

Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.

 

There you can be sure
you are not beyond love.

 

The dark will be your womb
tonight.

 

The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.

 

You must learn one thing:
the world was made to be free in.

 

Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.

 

Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn

 

anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive

 

is too small for you.

 

~ David Whyte from House of Belonging

Copyrighted material; for educational/therapeutic purposes only.

Published Sunday, November 01, 2009 9:51 PM by krayna

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Beth Patterson said:

Oh Krayna--

You give us the most wonderful poems.  This one spoke directly to my heart today, pairing it with Samhain, Day of the Dead and All Soul's...very powerful time.  

Thank you--this is resonating all through my many bodies....

Love!

November 1, 2009 2:04 PM
 

tania said:

David is one of my most favorite poets...so much so that I've been to readings he's given several times.  He has a thick British accent which make poems like this all the more poignant.  Thank you for following the lead that led you to this poem.

November 2, 2009 9:59 AM

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