Dangerous and Noble Thngs

“I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.

I want to be light and frolicsome.

I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing,

as though I had wings.”

               Mary Oliver, Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays

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there are time my mind whispers

and times when it shouts

there are times when paying attention to my thoughts

is like trying to watch 100 TVs all set to different channels

perhaps I need to step away from my brain

and merely accept what I am feeling

and notice what I am thinking

and let me go

dropping everything

except one dangerous or noble thing

letting go of that which weighs me down

so that I can once again be light

and hopeful

and creative

so I can once again

soar