Thursday, October 15, 2009

Simple and Profound

This poem came in email today from author and teacher Mary O'Malley. Enjoy.

LIVING IN QUESTIONS
I used to be an answer machine.
Toss in the problem.....
ching ching,
out came an answer.
The mind got A's
while the heart languished.
So I came here and you asked me to
live in questions like:
Is it kind?
Can I meet myself here?
What is the flavor of my wall?
And the mind went....
ching, ching, ching, ching, ching.
Yes? No? Vanilla?????
TILT!
You smiled.
And finally....
my heart answered,
without a word.
Dee Endelman

1 comment:

Robin said...

Thanks sooooooooo much for posting this wonderful poem. I'm not familiar with Dee's work... but if this is typical of it, I want more!