Gordie 21 going with my gut

[Rita]

Gordie -- are you standing out of obedience to God?

Or only if W comes back by a certain time?

I had thoughts for you but maybe they aren't relevant if it's the second option. Or maybe I will post them to you anyway as I prefer option one.

My H was really nice for an evening before we left for this trip. We talked about poetry and all kinds of things all evening. He kept showing me things and playing me videos of poets or speakers, saying things like, "Oh, you have to see this one." He shared the poem below with me. (Next day he withdrew, hard. And asked for money.) I immediately thought of posting it to you and to DnJ. Here it is.


Lost

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.

-- David Wagoner