JUST BEYOND YOURSELF
Just beyond
yourself.
It’s where
you need
to be.
Half a step
into
self-forgetting
and the rest
restored
by what
you’ll meet.
There is a road
always beckoning.
When you see
the two sides
of it
closing together
at that far horizon
and deep in
the foundations
of your own
heart
at exactly
the same
time,
that’s how
you know
it’s where
you
have
to go.
That’s how
you know
it’s the road
you
have
to follow.
That’s how
you know
you have
to go.
That’s
how you know.
It’s just beyond
yourself,
and
it’s
where you
need to be.
…
JUST BEYOND YOURSELF
from the upcoming book
THE BELL AND THE BLACKBIRD
TO BE PUBLISHED
APRIL 2OTH 2018
© DAVID WHYTE AND MANY RIVER PRESS 2018
Available on Amazon Preorder
http://www.davidwhyte.com/
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My son is currently in a treatment facility for drug addiction. When I discovered this poem I immediately thought of him and his struggle. I will be sending him this poem and hope it touches him like it touched me.
Dear Steve,
Thank you for sharing about your son. I appreciate that this is painful for you as a parent as well. My heart is with you both. I, too, trust that the poem will touch him as it has touched you.
With tender care and blessings of healing and wholeness,
Mattie