As a torn paper might seal up its side,<\/em> \nOr a streak of water stitch itself to silk<\/em> \nAnd disappear, my wound has been my healing,<\/strong><\/em> \nAnd I am made more beautiful by losses.<\/strong><\/em> \nSee the flat water in the distance nodding<\/em> \nApproval, the light that fell in love with statues,\u00a0<\/em> \nSeeing me alive, turns its motion toward me.<\/em> \nShorn, I rejoice in what was taken from me.<\/em><\/p>\nWhat can the moonlight do with my new shape<\/em> \nBut trace and retrace its miracle of order?<\/em> \nI stand, waiting for the strange reaction\u00a0<\/em> \nOf insects who knew me in my larger self,<\/em> \nUnkempt, in a naturalness I did not love.<\/em> \nEven the dog’s voice rings with a new echo,<\/em> \nAnd all the little leaves I shed are singing,<\/strong><\/em> \nSinging to the moon of shapely newness.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nSomewhere what I lost I hope is springing<\/strong><\/em> \nTo life again.<\/strong> The roofs, astonished by me,\u00a0<\/em> \nAre taking new bearings in the night, the owl<\/em> \nIs crying for a further wisdom, the lilac<\/em> \nPutting forth its strongest scent to find me.<\/em> \nButterflies, like sails in grooves, are winging<\/em> \nout of the water to wash me, wash me.<\/em> \nNow, I am stirring like a seed in China.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n
So, in loss and change and paring away do we grow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Thanks Susan!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When we wrote friend and contributor Susan Dworski of\u00a0many decisions we had were making\u00a0to change how we worked \u2014 limiting some aspects and dreams to focus on others \u2014 she likened\u00a0it to pruning a tree: the essential process of culling and removing\u00a0branches of a shrub or tree in order to encourage growth. Her words and…<\/p>\nRead More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":54763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6549,6329,90,1860],"tags":[9464,9463,5473],"yoast_head":"\nPruning the Old to Allow the New - Improvised Life<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n