"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

14 June 2013

Drifting.

Homer, Boys in a Dory, 1873


Like a boat drifting,
sleep flows forward    
on the deep water of dreams.
Drifts and drifts...
until, finally
the bottom falls out of knowledge.



In the fragrant mist of dawn
the rower wakes,    
picks up the oars, sets them,    
and begins to row.
All night
he labored in his dream    
to be born
like a song in the mouth of God.



- Robert Sund

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