The Ponds

“Still, what I want in my life


is to be willing


to be dazzled –


to cast aside the weight of facts





and maybe even


to float a little


above this difficult world.


I want to believe I am looking



into the white fire of a great mystery.


I want to believe that the imperfections are nothing –


that the light is everything… And I do.”

– Mary Oliver, The Ponds