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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I cannot go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree, but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
--Theodore Roethke
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Joy's Updates - Straight from the Horse's Mouth.
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Friday, March 07, 2003
War
If it happens, this will be an entirely different war in ways that we haven't experienced before. For one thing, we'll probably see it fought in real time on CNN. Then there are countless blogs that detail events of daily life and opinions from people all over the world. Ariel mentioned two of them on her blog that are interesting. One of the bloggers is from Iraq and writes about life there. Another interesting one is by an indie journalist who went back to Iraq to write about what he sees happening there. There are quite a few links on their blogs that I checked out and found informative but haven't read much yet. There are some links I want to check into that I found on those blogs.
War correspondent Chris Hedges was on Bill Moyers NOW tonight and said so many things about the horrors of war and how it is about betrayal of the young by the old and the military by the politicians. I really hope this doesn't have to happen. I'm reminded of a poster from the 60's that said, "War is good for the economy. Invest your son." Now that women serve, we could say, "Invest your son, daughter, wife, husband, mother, father, brother, sister ...." It's too horrifying to think about not only the loss of life but what war does to people emotionally and spiritually.
3:39:00 PM
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