Answers for Mary

Photo: (c) Jamie K. Reaser, mute swan

Yes!

I saw it, its bill like the compass needle

which is wholly committed to truth.

I knew of its pertinence the very moment

my heart took flight.

You see, beauty isn’t for figuring.

Beauty exists only for the embodiment of beauty ~

a holy union of form and essence

to be lived into the world like

the sacred contract between mated swans.

And oh yes,

with this,

I’ve changed my life.

© 2011-2013/Jamie K. Reaser

Response to questions asked by Mary Oliver in her poem, The Swan.

Published in "Sacred Reciprocity: Courting the Beloved in Everyday Life" (www.hiraethpress.com)