“Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully.”
—Kristen Butler
An Adaptation of "The Sun" by Mary Oliver
Have you ever seen anything in your life more wonderful than the way the sun,
Every evening, relaxed and easy, floats toward the horizon
And into the clouds or the hills, or rumpled sea, and is gone…
And have you ever felt…such wild love—
As the sun reaches out, as it warms you as you stand there,
Empty-handed—or have you too turned from this world—or have you too
Gone crazy for power, for things?
The late Mary Jane Oliver is a beloved American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize found inspiration for her work during solitary walks in nature. A collection of her works sits on my library shelf.
Mindfulness Meditation teacher Fay Adams once commented on this poem: “What could be more tragic than turning
our backs on the ineffable, beautiful, life-bestowing majesty of the sun? The wonder of life is offered to us every day on a universe sized platter, but we still turn our backs…’Have you too gone crazy for the power of things?’ Well, I confess I feel I’m still preoccupied with things a little too much for my conscience to rest easy, but I’m working on it!"
