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.