tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16803483.post5705200257985734307..comments2023-05-08T06:54:38.689-04:00Comments on Michael's Woodsongs Blog: PoppyScott Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350228503679989600noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16803483.post-3848631369839850582009-02-25T13:44:00.000-05:002009-02-25T13:44:00.000-05:00Dear Michael,My sincere sympathy on the loss of yo...Dear Michael,<BR/><BR/>My sincere sympathy on the loss of your father (both of them). The passing of a parent is never easy, no matter your age. The pain can be as visceral as if you were once again a young child having just experieced the loss.<BR/><BR/>I offer to you a poem written by one of my favorite authors. It has comforted me during times of loss and I hope it does the same for you. <BR/><BR/>Please keep on doing what you do so well. Your passion is ispiring.<BR/>Peace.<BR/><BR/>BEANNACHT by John O'Donohue<BR/><BR/>On the day when<BR/>when the weight deadens<BR/>on your shoulders <BR/>and you stumble, <BR/>may the clay dance <BR/>to balance you.<BR/><BR/>And when your eyes<BR/>freeze behind <BR/>the gray window <BR/>and the ghost of loss<BR/>gets in to you,<BR/>may a flock of colors,<BR/>indigo,red,green<BR/>and azure blue<BR/>come to awaken in you <BR/>a meadow of delight.<BR/><BR/>When the canvas frays<BR/>in the curach of thought<BR/>and a stain of ocean<BR/>blackens beneath you,<BR/>may there come acorosss the waters<BR/>a path of yellow moonlight<BR/>to bring you safely home.<BR/><BR/>May the nourishment of the earth be yours,<BR/>may the clarity of light be yours,<BR/>may the fluency of the ocean be yours,<BR/>may the protection of the ancestors be yours.<BR/><BR/>And so may a slow <BR/>wind work these words <BR/>of love around you,<BR/>an invisible cloak<BR/>to mind your life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com