Pagosa Springs Artists

On the Importance of Wonder

 

More important then feeding family or cooking dinner,
More necessary than ironing, dusting or making beds,
More satisfying than weeding flowers or kneading bread
Is the need to nourish a spirit of wonder within myself.

Wonder at the gleaming green of uncut grass,
Wonder at flickers of silver in sunlit treetops,
Wonder at a synchronized flight of birds or fish,
Wonder at the workings of an amoeba or a mosquito,
Wonder at the unswerving reliability of the sun in its path.
Open to the interdependence of everything in the universe,
Loving all while detached from the need to own or control any,
Feeling responsible to pass on this love to another human today,
I resolve to attach henceforth the highest importance to wonder.

first published in "Poetry for the Spirit 2009"
Anthology of the Sacred Arts Festival, Durango, Colorado

 

 

©2009 Bonnie Manion

 
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