JOD ~ by Gina Rossi Armfield

John O' Donohue is one of my favorite poets and voices

Beannacht
("Blessing")
 
On the day when
the weight deadens
on your shoulders
and you stumble,
may the clay dance
to balance you.
 
And when your eyes
freeze behind
the grey window
and the ghost of loss
gets in to you,
may a flock of colours,
indigo, red, green,
and azure blue
come to awaken in you
a meadow of delight.
 
When the canvas frays
in the currach of thought
and a stain of ocean
blackens beneath you,
may there come across the waters
a path of yellow moonlight
to bring you safely home.
 
May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
may the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow
wind work these words
of love around you,
an invisible cloak
to mind your life.
 

~ John O'Donohue ~
 

Comments

[Kristin Rexter]

Hi Gina! Thanks for sharing this poem.....it is so comforting....

[lk ludwig]

oh, I love the phrase " a flock of colors...."

[Kitchentablepoetry]

Hi Gina! Love this poem, like LK, I was drawn to the artistic imagery. He has such a wonderful voice it was nice having the audio. And I saw it was from Kristin Tippets, who I adore. :-)
MB

[Kitchentablepoetry]

beautiful. what touches me so
"a path of yellow moonlight
to bring you safely home"

i just bought his book " To Bless the Space Between Us" last week.

katie

[misty]

i love it, too... thanks Gina, beautiful in every way.

[Jennifer White]

Oh oh oh oh oh.... this is so lovely, Gina... never heard of him so thank you for the introduction.

Jennifer

[Kitchentablepoetry]

And oh duh (slaps self in head) I meant Krista Tippet. :-)