A Seeming Stillness

Breathe then, as if breathing for the first time,

as if remembering with what difficulty 

you came into the world, what strength it took 

to make that first impossible in-breath, 

into a cry to be heard by the world.

Your essence has always been 

that first vulnerability of being found, 

of being heard and of being seen,

and from the very beginning,

the one who has always needed, 

and been given, so much invisible help.

This is how you were when you first came 

into the world, this how you were when you took your 

first breath in this world, this is how you are now, 

all unawares, in your new body and your new life, 

this is the raw vulnerability of your 

every day, and this is how you will want to be, 

and be remembered, when you leave the world.

From ‘A Seeming Stillness’

David Whyte : Essentials