Christina Moses Instagram – self portrait.
it doesn’t interest me if there is one god or many gods.
i want to know if you belong or feel abandoned.
if you know despair or can see it in others.
i want to know
if you are prepared to live
in the world with its harsh need to change you.
if you can look back with firm eyes
saying this is where i stand.
i want to know if you know how
to melt into that fierce heat
of living
falling toward
the center of your longing.
i want to know if you are willing
to live, day by day,
with the consequence of love
and the bitter unwanted passion of your sure defeat.
i have heard, in that fierce embrace, even
the gods speak
of god.
-david whyte
#poetry #musings #davidwhyte | Posted on 03/Jan/2022 14:24:48
