Wendell Berry https://t.co/2VJSaU1Mby
SOMETIMES
by David Whyte
Sometimes
if you move carefully
through the forest,
breathing
like the ones
in the old stories,
who could cross
a shimmering bed of leaves
without a sound,... See more
His hands
Carry violence like a hand-me-down coat
too big for his frame
But they also carry gentleness like the trembling, naked body of a baby bird
They learn to nurture the bird and starve the savagery
- abby (@all-my-bi-myself on tumblr)