(when words are slow to come)
on this journey
through the Cosmos
and beyond into
the Great Mystery
Life is beautiful
and holy whole
filled with stories
worthy of remembering
making sense
knowing meaning
finding purpose
fitting it all together
yes, writing down the bones
of this world, Self,
relationships, and community;
of our one wild and precious life
Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
February 14, 2022
art: uncredited cover art to the book
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg by
Joseph Chilton Pearce
Author’s note: Quotes in my poem:
‘Writing Down the Bones’ is a book
by Natalie Goldberg, and ‘one wild and
precious life’ is from Mary Oliver’s
iconic poem ‘The Summer Day.’
Finding myself at an interstice in the
journey, words slow to come,
remembering why I write, and what
Annie Dillard wrote about “The gaps
are the spirit’s one home….Go up into
the gaps.” And so I go, writing it down.
