Daglicht - gedeeld door Leen Sels
Uit chaos van lakens en
voorgevoel opgestaan, gordijnen
open, de radio aan, was
plotseling Scarlatti
heel helder te verstaan:
Nu alles is zoals het is geworden,
nu alles is zoals het is
komt het, hoewel, misschien
hoewel, tenslotte nog in orde.
Judith Herzberg
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The poem was written in 1869 by Kathleen O’Mara - via facebook van Mieke Baeten
And people stayed at home
And read books
And listened
And they rested
And did exercises
And made art and played
And learned new ways of being
And stopped and listened
More deeply
Someone meditated, someone prayed
Someone met their shadow
And people began to think differently
And people healed.
And in the absence of people who
Lived in ignorant ways
Dangerous, meaningless and heartless,
The earth also began to heal
And when the danger ended and
People found themselves
They grieved for the dead
And made new choices
And dreamed of new visions
And created new ways of living
And completely healed the earth
Just as they were healed.
Reprinted during Spanish flu
Pandemic, 1919
Photo taken during Spanish flu
Beelden van vrienden, herinneringen aan reizen - gedeeld door Anne, François, Els,