Wilderness
Wilderness
There is a wilderness both near and far. It is the wilderness within us, it’s who we are. It is enchanting, mysterious, and often unknown, which to our nature it is richly sewn. At times it is arid and dry working on others like lye. It can also be waters of life easing in others frequent troubles and strife. A wilderness within that is often tangled, littered with decay, bereft of understanding, and as dark as March rain so gray. At times it is twisted and dangerous though it be to others hidden or canorous. We harbor a wilderness within our hearts and thoughts lush and deep it is, but as often mixed with dross. There is much to discover beneath the surface A world to be explored to understand its purpose. It is a wilderness rich in creativity and depth of spirit filled with both poisons and curatives, and we often fear it. It, in part, has been mistreated, ravaged, and polluted and yet there is fertile ground in which we are rooted. In our wilderness, in all its beauty and perils there lies our being, our untapped beautiful beryls If only we would mine them and preserve them bringing them to the surface for others to be blessed by them.
K. C. Barry
