I have decided

I have decided to find myself a home

in the mountains, somewhere high up

where one learns to live peacefully in

the cold and the silence.  

It's said that in such a place 

certain revelations may be discovered.  

That what the spirit reaches for 

may be eventually felt, 

if not exactly understood.  Slowly, 

no doubt. I'm not talking about a vacation.

Of course at the same time I mean to

stay exactly where I am.

Are you following me?

- Mary Oliver