"Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods.
Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt.
But there’s music in us. Hope is pushed down
but the angel flies up again taking us with her.
The summer mornings begin inch by inch
while we sleep, and walk with us later
as long-legged beauty through
the dirty streets. It is no surprise
that danger and suffering surround us.
What astonishes is the singing.
We know the horses are there in the dark
meadow because we can smell them,
can hear them breathing.
Our spirit persists like a man struggling
through the frozen valley
who suddenly smells flowers
and realizes the snow is melting
out of sight on top of the mountain,
knows that spring has begun."

— Jack Gilbert, Horses at Midnight Without a Moon 

(Source: yesyes, via grammatolatry)

Posted 10 months ago with 129 notes

1. mintsteelpeachlilac reblogged this from floralnymph
2. glitter-brain reblogged this from seanymphe
3. mespetitespeurs reblogged this from seanymphe
4. seanymphe reblogged this from floralnymph
5. perrplexed likes this
6. i-belong-to-the-hurricane likes this
7. bebebonita13 reblogged this from floralnymph
8. bebebonita13 likes this
9. lronlung reblogged this from floralnymph
10. floralnymph reblogged this from grammatolatry
11. jesuisuneamesolitaire likes this
12. iaintthelotus reblogged this from kenhatter
13. j-surplus likes this
14. kenhatter reblogged this from yesyes
15. theremina reblogged this from thesephrases
16. coral-squid reblogged this from word-digest
17. cheesywang reblogged this from grammatolatry
18. coral-squid likes this
19. faith-inhumanity reblogged this from iaminfinitee
20. iaminfinitee reblogged this from kittykatz
21. forceofstorms likes this
22. forceofstorms reblogged this from blacksheepboy-
23. culturalreserve likes this
24. yuanchi likes this
25. blacksheepboy- reblogged this from word-digest
26. soundlessnotes reblogged this from word-digest
27. soundlessnotes likes this
28. kittykatz reblogged this from word-digest
29. theredshoes likes this
30. thesecretlivesofpeopleinlove likes this
31. obliviates likes this
32. skateorsplit likes this
33. matildea likes this
34. alightthatnevergoesout reblogged this from word-digest
35. poorehart likes this
36. daperfeicaoeoutrosinstantes likes this
37. word-digest reblogged this from birdonwing
38. be-exquisite reblogged this from grammatolatry
39. reasonforenigmas likes this
40. quietplains reblogged this from yesyes and added:

    Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there’s music in us. Hope is...

41. itsverypoetry likes this
42. gronalund reblogged this from entelechies
43. entelechies reblogged this from grammatolatry
44. preludity reblogged this from grammatolatry
45. butterlettucecrew likes this
46. exploredexposures likes this
47. ellyllon reblogged this from trentaine
48. bestillseebeauty reblogged this from grammatolatry
49. klonopiin likes this
50. noregretscoyote reblogged this from grammatolatry
51. Show more notesLoading...