working together
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             david whyte
1996



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             We shape our self
to fit this world



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             and by the world
are shaped again.



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             The visible
and the invisible



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             working together
in common cause,



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             to produce
the miraculous.



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             I am thinking of the way
the intangible air



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             passed at speed
round a shaped wing



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             easily
holds our weight.



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             So may we, in this life
trust



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             to those elements
we have yet to see



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             or imagine,
and look for the true



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             shape of our own self,
by forming it well



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             to the great
intangibles about us.