Friday, November 20, 2009

What Birds and Children Know

I need wide spaces in my heart,
Where faith and I can go apart,
And grow serene.
Life gets to choked by busy living;
Kindness so lost in fussy giving,
That love slips by unseen.

I want to make a quiet place,
Where those I love can see God's face,
Can stretch their hearts across the earth,
Can understand what Spring is worth;

Can count the stars;
Watch violets grow,
And learn what birds and children know.

THE SCOTTISH RECORDER 1930





2 comments:

Kris Livovich said...

I'm gonna link you to Poetry Wednesday, even though it's Saturday!
Love you.

Kris Livovich said...

Wait. You DID link yourself! Good, this is a great poem.