Wednesday, August 13, 2014

ON THE BORDERS  
OF ENLIGHTENMENT 

Poem for Today - August 13, 2014


SOUL

When we are able to place
ourselves inside the wings
of the butterfly and feel its
fluid motion,

When we are able to enter the
head of the ant and see through
its eyes, and to feel the
burden of the bread that
lies upon its back:

This is the time when we are
enlightened
and only begin to
touch upon the borders
of the eternal spirit
the borders of the soul.

© Eamon J. McEneaney,
Page 32 in
A Bend in the Road,
Poems by Eamon J. Mceneaney

Cornell University Press

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