there is lightning in me still.
Beach below our Casita in Todos Santos. It was a great trip. Details forthcoming.
A long windy path of internet, crafty bloggy goodness eventually led me to Two Kitties where I found this fabulous poem. I felt something in me crack open when I read it.
“Slam them down
I say. Make music of what you can.”
It’s the perfect Carpe Diem message for me today. I love it.
AGAINST HESITATION
If you stare at it long enough
the mountain becomes unclimbable.
Tally it up. How much time have you spent
waiting for the soup to cool?
Icicles hang from January gutters
only as long as they can. Fingers pause
above piano keys for the chord
that will not form. Slam them down
I say. Make music of what you can.
Some people stop at the wrong corner
and waste a dozen years hoping
for directions. I can’t be them.
Tell every girl I’ve ever known
I’m coming to break her door down,
that my teeth will clench
the simple flower I only knew
not to give . . . Ah, how long did I stand
beneath the eaves believing the storm
would stop? It never did.
And there is lightning in me still.
~Charles Rafferty
I really like the part, “Some people stop at the wrong corner
and waste a dozen years hoping
for directions.”
Beautiful photo!
wow. That’s…powerful. Thanks for sharing!
And your photograph is stunning. I’m looking forward to seeing more. Welcome back!
nice post and beautiful photo…
I’m with Mallow – the part that struck me was the part about waiting for directions – waiting for someone to help; to tell me where to go and what to do.