"If You Would Look For Me"

For my children, when the time comes.

 

 

Now I go, but have not gone.

    Archibald MacLeish, "Ship's Log"

 

  

If you would look for me there is no path

To follow.  Always I tread lightly, turned

Over no stones, broken no branches in my

Passing, disturbed no thing from its place

And its purpose.  Do no less, and no more. 

 

Look for the hawk, walk a way under its wings;

Cross over the stream, see how it heals every

Trespass; listen to what the wind says to you

And follow where it goes.  Answer the owl with

A silent prayer of thanks for your knowing now

How life goes on beyond wherever we are.

 

You will come to a clearing where the deer

Lie down, they will not startle if you stay

Quietly.  Look and listen.  I will be the last

Red fox there among the tree shadows, the

Hooded and tethered falcon finally set free.

 





Poetry by countryfog
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Written on 2014-01-24 at 15:05

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Like all of countryfog's poems, exquisitely and elegantly composed, every line. I love its optimism and positive tone. Wish he were still writing for poetbay.
2014-12-06


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2014-12-06



This is one of the loveliest poems I have read in a long time:).
I must bookmark:)
2014-01-28


shells
Simply beautiful.It left me with a sense of calm and peace, I particularly liked the opening stanza.
2014-01-25


ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
This C M , so good , ecode , my own thinking.
Ken
2014-01-25


ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
When we pass this way
We dont pass away
We transcend in to thoughts
Those who may time to time
Have need of us
All they need to do is think out to us
We will hear , we will listen
Ken
2014-01-25



Beautiful, ethereal, and so meaningful. A perfect message to leave behind.
~Ashe
2014-01-24


Rob Graber
What a fine write!
2014-01-24


josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
This is simply mystical in the word's best sense.

The imagery is superb and softly serene. The sense of the inevitable release and the triumph of the spirit over the flesh has an element of grandeur I've never heard or read or thought of before.

I will borrow this as a credo, a prayer, a meditation.

If I could "applaud" this multiple times, I would gladly.

Truly magnificent!
2014-01-24