Saturday, January 16, 2010

I have found this poet that I love so much I need to stalk her gently



Happiness

How far away is your happiness?
How many inches?
How many yards?
How many bus rides to work
and back?
How many doorways
and stairwells?
How many hours
awake in the dark
belly of the night
which contains
all the world’s bedrooms,
all dollhouse-sized?
How far away is your happiness?
How many words?
How many thoughts?
How much pavement?
How much thread
in the enormous sewing machine
of the present moment?

- marlena morling

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Rowena said...

nice. happy stalking.

Alexis said...

Love it.

Kim Baise said...

she's so right on!

Erica said...

what a wonderful phrase - stalk her gently... couldn't agree more

180360 said...

beautiful words. the link to marlena didn't work though. so curious who she is!

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