David Whyte, "A Stranger's Love"
David recites his poem ‘Refuge’ and reflects on finding shelter, meeting
the stranger in another, Seamus Heaney’s poem ‘Postscript’,
allowing transformation to happen, and vulnerability.
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"Refuge"
"Sometimes a nook, a wall half down,
a swerve in the path where the breeze
can’t catch you; other times a made shelter,
a shepherd’s build up of flat stones curved
to keep the wind off. Once, at the top of the pass,
it was a cave in the mountain rock taking you in
from the swirl and eddy of snow and the killing cold
so you could live to the grey blank dawn.
Then in Galicia, it was a breath of warmth
from a kitchen door, palatial with light
and a daughter’s smile, the family behind,
asking you in, as if to say, of all shelter,
traveler, you’ll ever find on the road,
even with those you know,
the stranger’s love is best of all."
- David Whyte
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