Geese appear high over us, / pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, / as i…

Wendell Berry
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Geese appear high over us, / pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, / as in love or sleep, holds them to their way, clear / in the ancient faith: what we need / is here. And we pray, not / for new earth or heaven, but to be / quiet in heart, and in eye, / clear. What we need is here. ✨ Wendell Berry (2012). New Collected Poems, p.180, Counterpoint Press
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