Monday, February 23, 2015

Mind Wanting More, Holly Hughes

Mind Wanting More 
 
Only a beige slat of sun 
above the horizon, like a shade pulled 
not quite down.  Otherwise, 
clouds.  Sea rippled here and 
there.  Birds reluctant to fly. 
The mind wants a shaft of sun to 
stir the grey porridge of clouds, 
an osprey to stitch sea to sky 
with its barred wings, some dramatic 
music: a symphony, perhaps 
a Chinese gong. 
 
But the mind always 
wants more than it has -- 
one more bright day of sun, 
one more clear night in bed 
with the moon; one more hour 
to get the words right; one 
more chance for the heart in hiding 
to emerge from its thicket 
in dried grasses -- as if this quiet day 
with its tentative light weren't enough, 
as if joy weren't strewn all around. 
 
~ Holly Hughes ~

 
 
(American Zen A Gathering of Poets)

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