videography by Bodi Hallett
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 the road you have to follow. That's how you know it's where you have to go. That's how you know you have to go. That's how you know. Just beyond yourself, it's where you need to be. -from The Bell and the Blackbird
And on the road you meet those who come before you .
Thank you for the link from FB. My mother first introduced me to your poetry decades ago, and made a tape for me of you reading Mary Oliver’s work with particularly beautiful emphasis you placed upon her phrasing. I’ve read your poetry on FB and am happy to be here at Substack.