“
he said are you a religious man do you kneel down
in forest groves and let yourself ask for help
when you come to a waterfall
mist blowing against your face and arms
do you stop and ask for understanding at those moments
I said not yet but I intend to start today
in forest groves and let yourself ask for help
when you come to a waterfall
mist blowing against your face and arms
do you stop and ask for understanding at those moments
I said not yet but I intend to start today
—
from “What the Doctor said” by Robert Carver.
I work in a bookshop, and one of the things I love about it is the people you meet. The other week a very elderly gent asked if he could read me an excerpt from a poem that he has loved for a long time. This was it.
