Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Singing a song based on a poem by Wendell Berry in church choir. It's how is how I feel when I need the peace of the outdoors:



I Go Among Trees and Sit Still

I go among trees and sit still.
All my stirring becomes quiet

Around me like circles on water.

My tasks lie in their places

Where I left them, asleep like cattle…

Then what I am afraid of comes.
I live for a while in its sight.
What I fear in it leaves it,
And the fear of it leaves me.
It sings, and I hear its song.