The Lightest Touch by David Whyte

THE LIGHTEST TOUCH

Artwork of unkown Artist

Good poetry begins with the lightest touch,
a breeze arriving from nowhere,
a whispered healing arrival,
a word in your ear,
a settling into things,

then like a hand in the dark
it arrests your whole body,
steeling you for revelation.
In the silence that follows
a great line
you can feel Lazarus deep inside
even the laziest,
most deathly afraid part of you,
lift up his hands and walk toward the light.

 - David Whyte from Everything is Waiting for You and River Flow: New & Selected Poems ©2003 Many Rivers Press