The Irish poet John O’Donohue
'Why must we answer the call to awaken? Why must we follow the questions of our soul? Because it is through habitual, non-inquisitive living that we lose our sense of wonder. Because eventually, even the strangest or most magical things become absorbed into the routine of the daily mind with its steady geographies of endurance, anxiety, and contentment. Left to our own devices, curiosity dims and fear of the unknown binds us; we cling to the known. Only seldom does the haze lift, as we glimpse for a moment the amazing plenitude of being here in the heart of the greatest story ever told—our own lives.

John's poetry explores the sometimes erratic and unpredictable notion of human need and passion, revealing our fragile vulnerability.

At the Edge - John O’Donohue

Sometimes, behind the lines

Of words giving voice to the blue wind

That blows across the amber fields

Of your years, whispering the hungers

Your dignity conceals, and the caves

Of loss opening along shores forgotten

By the ocean, you almost hear the depth

Of white silence, rising to deny everything.


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