‘morning melody’
I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers
flow in the right direction, will the earth turn
as it was taught, and if not how shall
I correct it?
Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,
can I do better?
Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrows
can do it and I am, well,
hopeless.
Is my eyesight fading or am I just imagining it,
am I going to get rheumatism,
lockjaw, dementia?
Finally I saw that worrying had come to nothing.
And gave it up. And took my old body
and went out into the morning,
and sang.
“I Worried” by Mary Oliver, from Swan: Poems and Prose Poems. © Beacon Press, 2010. Via Jules of Nature.
And I shall try to stop worrying, too!
ReplyDelete...if I could sing... well, I actually, I can and I do... but I am the only one who enjoys my song..!
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