Dunedin, New Zealand, my city - my people

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

I like it....

On the order of service for the funeral that I have to lead on Saturday is the following. It is called Learning to fly and is written by Joy Cowley.

The walls of birth and death
were too high for me to see over
and I didn't know that my heart had wings.
As I hammered on those walls,
demanding to know their meaning,
I was aware that there was something inside me
cramped up, waiting to be unfurled....

In that moment I saw
that the meaning of birth is forgetting
the meaning of death is remembering
the meaning of life is growth
and the meaning of the eternal sea
which holds everything in its embrace
is Love.

It is evocative and thought provoking, I like it.

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