Still Waters

Still Waters

©2018 Susan Noyes Anderson 

O be not lulled by placid sea

nor lapping waves

of harmony

stand warily beneath a sky

of azure born

to soothe the eye

lean soft against the stolid tree

serene in all

its symmetry

embrace but do not claim the breeze

that rustles gently

through the trees

for deep within each peaceful thing

a wildness waits

and will be seen

the oceans roar, the heavens burst

the branches whip

the winds reverse

and e'en my steady soul breaks free

unfettering

the wild in me

∞§∞

Sometimes I fear the wildness in this world, but I make every effort to seek and appreciate the good in it. Quotes like the ones below help me find my way to acceptance, even appreciation. (I do confess that nothing thrills me more than a violent thunderstorm or waves pounding the beach with unyielding ferocity, so maybe there is a bit more of the wild in me than I realize.)

"God loves all the flowers, even the wild ones that grow alongside the highway."

– Cyndi Lauper

"Wild waves rise and fall when they arrive; and that's what makes the peaceful sea alive."
– Munia Khan

"She found herself over a long and treacherous road, and the more treacherous the road became, the more of herself she found."
– Atticus Poetry

The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy."
– John Muir

"By forces seemingly antagonistic and destructive, Nature accomplishes her beneficent designs - now a flood of fire, now a flood of ice, now a flood of water; and again the fullness of time, and outburst of organic life." 
– John Muir

"All the wild world is beautiful; everywhere and always we are in God's eternal beauty and love."
– John Muir

Our Creator didn't get this wrong. It's what we do with the wildness that matters. 

=)

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