Tuesday, June 8, 2021

A Song Sparrow Singing in the Fall

"A Song Sparrow Singing in the Fall"
by Wendell Berry

Somehow it has all 
added up to song --
earth, air, rain and light,
the labor and the heat,
the mortality of the young.
I will go free of other
singing, I will go
into the silence
of my songs, to hear
this song clearly.

I love how the first lines create an image of the interconnectedness of things.... and how it "ends" in song.
And I love at the end, a commitment to pay attention to this bird song (the simple sparrow!)

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