"O me, O life of the questions of these recurring.
Of endless trains of the faithless.
Of cities filled with the foolish.
What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer: That you are here.
Life exists and identity.
That the powerful play goes on,
and you may contribute a verse."
~~Walt Whitman~~
Thanks for sharing. It was just the right thing for me to read this evening.
ReplyDeleteSusan, I'm glad you liked it. I found this in a cupboard I was cleaning out today. I had saved it from somewhere.
DeleteEspecially love those last two lines... very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteRettakat: They remind me of where I fit in the grand scheme of things. It's a way not to get lost when I start feeling like a vapor trail.
DeleteNice post, Karen. :-)Whitman was a genius with words.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and for your very helpful comment, Karen.
And I hope you'll join us sometime for Weekend Writing Warriors. A new sign up goes up every Monday morning at wewriwa.com. Then on Sundays we post 8 sentences of anything we've written or that we're working on, pubbed or unpubbed. It's a nice way to network and to get exposure too. :-)
Once again, thanks!