Make Your Mark with Fibre and Textile Art Workshops | Fibre Arts Australia
  • Home
  • About
  • EVENTS
  • Biennale
    • IATB25 Artist Directory
    • IATB25 Digital Catalogue
  • ONLINE
    • YOUTUBE
    • STUDIO SPACES
    • BLOG
    • E.ZINE
  • Contact Us

SHE SAT AT THE BACK...

6/2/2022

8 Comments

 
“She sat at the back and they said she was shy.
She led from the front and they hated her pride.
They asked her advice and then questioned her guidance.
They branded her loud, then were shocked by her silence.
When she shared no ambition they said it was sad.
So she told them her dreams and they said she was mad.
They told her they'd listen, then covered their ears,
 And gave her a hug while they laughed at her fears,
 And she listened to all of it thinking she should,
Be the girl they told her to be best as she could.
But one day she asked what was best for herself,
Instead of trying to please everyone else, 
So she walked into the bush and stood with the trees,
She heard the wind whisper and dance with the leaves.
She spoke to the willow, the gums and the pine,
And she told them what she'd been told time after time.
She told them she felt she was never enough,
 She was either too little or far far too much,
Too loud or too quiet, too fierce or too weak,
Too wise or too foolish, too bold or too meek,

Picture
Then she found a small clearing surrounded by trees,
And she stopped...and she heard what the trees said to her.
And she sat there for hours not wanting to leave.
For the bush said nothing,
​it just let her breathe.”
​

Author unknown.
8 Comments
Yvonne Renfree
12/3/2022 01:11:58 pm

This is beautiful. It gave me goose bumps. Thank you.

Reply
Dr Joy Denise Scott
12/3/2022 02:23:03 pm

Very close to home - gave me goosebumps too. Thank you for sharing such soulful words.

Reply
Blazenka lesinger
12/3/2022 06:31:57 pm

Thank you for sharing. Brought me to tears. So relatable.

Reply
Peta Lloyd link
12/3/2022 08:09:25 pm

Oh so beautiful and so true....❤️
Glenys, I would like to use this quote from time to time, I see the author is unknown, wish we knew who it was.

Reply
Elaena Gardner
15/4/2022 05:02:45 pm

The poet is Becky Hemsley, the piece is titled Breathe, and is from her collection "Talking to the Wild" https://www.instagram.com/talkingtothewild/

Reply
Tiki
13/3/2022 02:33:55 pm

Absolutely beautiful.🙏

Reply
Margaret Dunn
15/4/2022 04:09:53 pm

i love these words. More of should listen, they wisper piece

Reply
Elaena Gardner
15/4/2022 05:00:48 pm

The poet is Becky Hemsley from her collection "Talking to the Wild". https://www.instagram.com/talkingtothewild/

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    glenys mann

    Notes that catch my thoughts, dribbles, splashes, spills, drips, words, and other detritus, as I work my way thru journals and blogs that have kept me occupied during an unusual time in all of our lives...

    Archives

    November 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    July 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    September 2022
    July 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021

Join the Fibre Tribe

Stay in the loop and be the first to know about upcoming events!

Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

​Home

​About

​Events

​Biennale

​Contact Us

Site managed by The Business Design Co
  • Home
  • About
  • EVENTS
  • Biennale
    • IATB25 Artist Directory
    • IATB25 Digital Catalogue
  • ONLINE
    • YOUTUBE
    • STUDIO SPACES
    • BLOG
    • E.ZINE
  • Contact Us