The cloud shelf drifts toward what
still seems possible and the trees throw
up their arms wanting to follow and the
Brazilian singer in the iPod is pleading with
me to give up all that drags my heart. Now
the sparrows out of nowhere dart in all
directions like the tail of a sparkler set
off in the beginning. And the singer a
continent away sings. I don’t understand
a word but feel him like a brother, like
a voice wanting me to wake, like a secret
spilling from the lips of a forgotten god.
Oh, we’ve made it to another fall. The
wind swirls in and out of all my regrets.
We are alive. We are alive. We are alive.
A Question to Walk With: Describe what trait most enables you to endure.
Written by Mark Nepo
Mark has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for more than thirty-five years. His #1 New York Times bestseller “The Book of Awakening,” was selected as one of “Oprah’s Ultimate Favorite Things” in 2010 and more recently appeared with Oprah on Super Soul Sunday. In his most recent book, “Seven Thousand Ways to Listen,” Mark offers ancient and contemporary practices to help us stay close to what is sacred. As a cancer survivor, Mark devotes his writing and teaching to the journey of inner transformation and the life of relationship. To learn more, please visit www.MarkNepo.com and www.threeintentions.com
