In the spirit of this year's Heartwork focus on "Letting Go," I am sending out weekly quotes that relate to the topic. I hope that you will be touched by them in some significant way.
Blessings on your journey,
Dale
THE NEW SILENCE
There are times
when the heart closes down,
the metal grate drawn
and padlocked,
the owner's footprints covered by snow.
Someone may come to peer through the glass,
but soon leaves.
Someone may come to clean, but turns away.
What is still inside
settles down for the darkness: clock stop,
newspapers pass out of date.
The new silence goes unheard
under so many grindings of engines,
so many sounds of construction.
Only the three pigeons,
refusing to eat,
lower their heads and grieve.
For the raindrop joy is in entering the river...
Travel far enough into the sorrow,
tears turn into sighing
When after heavy rain
the storm clouds disperse,
Is it not that they've wept themselves
clear to the end?
Ghaleb