Today's poem is by Mary Jo Firth Gillett
What I Believe,
with Four Final Words from Li-Young Lee
I believe there is no freedom
but the kite will tug at the string anyway.I believe in the ditch but also the cattail
and the red-winged blackbird, the body
balanced and bobbing on a stem.I believe there is always birdsong
but no one hears it all the time;
I believe sometimes there is no song—I believe we exist to subvert what we believe.
I believe in the feral cat tense on its haunches,
the soft pleasure of its electric fur.I believe when the lights go out, and they will,
the waters of Niagara still pound.I believe lovers, even when they are afraid,
make good use of the dark.I believe in the bodacious mind—the fear,
the exhilaration, the tenacity. And the bruises.I believe a kiss will not make it all better
but might make it worthwhile.I believe in the locomotive engine of the past,
its heft, its power, the shadow it casts.I believe in the hairball, and other reasons
for ambivalence.I believe in disparity—the Grand Canyon
and the paper cut.I believe in acts of free will, the mind in freefall.
I believe every moment is manifold.
Copyright © 2002 Mary Jo Firth Gillett All rights reserved
from The MacGuffin
Reprinted by Verse Daily® with permission
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