Everything except language
knows the meaning of existence.
Trees, planets, rivers, time
know nothing else. They express it
moment by moment as the universe.
Even this fool of a body
lives it in part, and would
have full dignity within it
but for the ignorant freedom
of my talking mind.
(Les Murray)
More Poetry from Les Murray:
Les Murray Poems based on Topics: Nature, Mind, Time, Astronomy & Cosmology, Body- Shower (Les Murray Poems)
- Towards The Imminent Days (Section 4) (Les Murray Poems)
- Amanda's Painting (Les Murray Poems)
- Flowering Eucalypt In Autumn (Les Murray Poems)
- Inside Ayers Rock (Les Murray Poems)
- Comete (Les Murray Poems)