FROM SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD
Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.
Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good fortune,
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms,
Strong and content, I travel the open road.
The earth, that is sufficient,
I do not want the constellations any nearer,
I know they are very well where they are,
I know they suffice for those who belong to them.
(Still here I carry my old delicious burdens,
I carry them, men and women, I carry them with me wherever I go,
I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them,
I am fill'd with them, and I will fill them in return.)
-Walt Whitman
Im am unaware of any burdens that you may carry....but I suppose we all have them??
All I do know is that you are brave and sweet and talented and the open road is yours to wander!! I am so grateful that you have chosen our beautiful Southern Utah for a while!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOOD COUSIN!!!
3 comments:
Happy Happy Birthday Lynley!!! I hope this next year brings a lot of happiness to you!! :)
Yay!!! WHoopie!!!
Thanks!
:O)
can I just say that the more I read this Whitman poem, the more I like it. And the more I know thee, the more I love you!! We are so blessed to have you among us!!
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