Lie still, sleep becalmed, sufferer with the wound
In the throat, burning and turning. All night afloat
On the silent sea we have heard the sound
That came from the wound wrapped in the salt sheet.
Under the mile off moon we trembled listening
To the sea sound flowing like blood from the loud wound
And when the salt sheet broke in a storm of singing
The voices of all the drowned swam on the wind.
Open a pathway through the slow sad sail,
Throw wide to the wind the gates of the wandering boat
For my voyage to begin to the end of my wound,
We heard the sea sound sing, we saw the salt sheet tell.
Lie still, sleep becalmed, hide the mouth in the throat,
Or we shall obey, and ride with you through the drowned.
Dylan Thomas, “Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed” from The Poems of Dylan Thomas. Used by permission of David Higham Associates, London as agents for the Trustees of the Copyrights of Dylan Thomas.
Source: The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas (1957)
Kimmy ~ Creating a path between the present course of events and a new course, leading to new outcomes.
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About Me
- Kimmy
- Soul searching and self discovery comes from within. However, much can be learned from everyone around you.
I embrace change, imperfection and the ups and downs of life.
How can we ever become better if we are constantly trying to prove how good we are?? How do people view you? BY OUR ACTIONS!
I think I am just another soul looking to keep moving in this busy life. I think the trick is to let all the people trying to get to the top pass you by. Then they will realize soon enough that the top isn't happiness!
"All mentors have a way of seeing more faults than we would like. It's the only way we grow." Padme
Nobody says my belief is better than any other. It's what you believe to be true, it's your journey. Light is the ability to change one's self!! You are the only one that creates your reality!!!