As I remember love, that leaves yet never leaves

Écrit par Chloë Rain
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The Winter Wood Arrives

I think
I could have
built a little house
to live in

with the single cord—
half seasoned, half not—
trucked into the
driveway and

tumbled down. But, instead,
friends came
and together we stacked it
for the long, cold days

that are—
maybe the only sure thing in the world—
coming soon.
How to keep warm

is always a problem,
isn’t it?
Of course, there’s love.
And there’s prayer.

I don’t belittle them,
and they have warmed me,
but differently,
from the heart outwards.

Imagine
what swirls of frost will cling
to the windows, what white lawns
I will look out on

as I rise from morning prayers,
as I remember love, that leaves yet never leaves,
as I go out into the yard
and bring the wood in

with struggling steps,
with struggling thoughts,
bundle by bundle,
to be burned.

— Mary Oliver

 
Chloë Rain

Chloë Rain is the Founder of Explore Deeply. She has been trained in ceremonial practices and shamanic healing techniques from two living traditional medicine paths, one in North America and one in South America. She has apprenticed under two indigenous medicine people for more than a decade, is a certified Native American Healing Arts Practitioner, and has a Masters degree in Indigenous Studies from the Arctic University of Norway where she spent four years in the Arctic circle, researching the sacred landscape of Sápmi, the land of the indigenous Sámi people.

Par son travail, elle espère inciter davantage de personnes à écouter l'appel de leur âme et les amener à se regarder d'un peu plus près, à regarder l'environnement naturel qui les entoure et à regarder les autres personnes et nos croyances de séparation, de race, de culture et de religion.

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