Becoming Other.
I have woken in many a dawn
and with first light I have flown from my window
of "Self" to become another,
robin or fawn or fox trotting home.
Oh and sometimes my skin has felt like the rose
stirring to uncurl bud to petal
then in adopting fuzz of a bee nosing for
pollen have for a moment been sodden in gold.
My delight in oneness with else
means passion for asking, in which world laps
over world at the drop of a hat,
for I believe, when questioned, Mother Nature
is willing her hiddeness to reveal.
On occasion I have even achieved levels of part
transformation the kind that
makes hair stand on end as handling dimension
of miniscule life takes me
into very mind-fields of non human experience.
Empathy's journey draws searchers nearer by
giving awareness of the trials
and hard challenges most tiny things undergo
and when I see with awe the
patient fore-bearance of silent survival intent
I bow my humble head, for
in reaching toward "other" and losing my "I"
the planet decreases in size
to teach learners secrets of the "Enlightened"
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Fay Slimm. (
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- Comment from author about the poem: I relate to the chosen picture which expresses empathy by trying to feel into the life of a non-human being - - -hence the verse. Hope you enjoy.
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The 'enlightened' life of nature is wonderful to share as is this wonderful write.
A fine write Fay. I can't bear any animal experiments, not even mice. They are not really timid, nor insignificant because they are small. We had some as pets. They are feisty, may give you a nip if you tease them etc. Not really 'wee timorous beasties'. Well, they are small though.
Thanks Fay for a very insightful poem on a subject not too many of us think about.
Quite often I've contemplated the thoughts of animals for what they could be thinking. Your compelling words and photograph show trust between two life forms willing to accept one another. I love this and thank you Fay. ; )
"Or would you rather be a CAT ?"
I know we don't believe in reincarnation as Animals FAY but I love the basic philosophy in your POEM ~ that we should (and could ?) have more empathy with the whole of the Animal & Plant Kingdom ! As a child we always had lots of CATS and was I curled up with POLLY or was she curled up with me ? We do pamper Cats because they are so so independent & regal. If I could come back as an animal I would be a Tabby Cat in a loving home and a Family with just GIRLS ~ PARDISE ! Thanks for caring & sharing ~ Yours as always BRIAN Purrrrrrrrr !
Wonderful poem Fay! I agree with Fred in that it's a very insightful poem on a subject that not too many of us think about. Great job!
Fay, what a delightful reading. It is so beautiful the way you reveal the innocent enlightened child that lives inside you. I'm in awe with so much beauty. Thanks
Congratulations on tapping into the 'oneness' of all living things, Fay, and the consciousness of all things in the material world.
You allowed me to recall the morning i was out looking for mushrooms and at some distance watched a fox eyeing me warily.... he/she trotted off into nearby woodland (a spinney we called it in nottinghamshire) leaving me to sit on a log in drizzling rain, my minds eye following the fox (now 'her' in my minds eye) back to her den and cubs. Lovely poem Fay.
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