Heartsong - Mark Nepo

[Lawrence Robinson]

Heartsong 

In the darkness
I'm always surprised to revisit,
I know that somewhere
my heartsong is dripping
honey on my wounds,
waiting for me.

How is it I keep forgetting?

And then, when I can't
bear to hear another story,
I realize my song has
hidden for a while
inside the hearts of others-
a deep hide and seek that
brings us all, in time,
to each other.

So, again, I must ask and listen
to everyone, to everything-
an ache at a time,
a wind at a time,
a darkness at a time,
through each forest that
grows over the heart.

Always, when I am worn
open and pruned back, the world
sings my sorry head
into the bird
it wants to be.

	- Mark Nepo
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