found this book today as cody and i were rearranging our shelves- mary oliver is one of my favorites- the move to arizona was a lonely one and this poem is so comforting to me- if you didn't already know what the deal was with the title to my blog, here you go...
wild geese
you do not have to be good.
you do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
you only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
tell me about despair, yours, and i will tell you mine.
meanwhile the world goes on.
meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting-
over and over announcing you place
in the family of things.
cody and i had the best talk last night. have been a little sad because i feel like, as happy as i am to be his wife and as happy as i am to be having this little baby, i'm missing something. i feel as though i've lost a little of myself and don't know how to get it back. was thinking that i want to be the kind of parents that give our kids permission to go after the things that they're passionate about- the only way that can be is by living that way ourselves- i want to be more than mother and wife-
he said that no matter what i decide to do- he's behind me 100%- i love this man- made me cry- it's about seeing life in front of you and chasing it- can't wait to see where we are next year-
