Sweet Darkness
a poem by David Whyte
When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.
When your vision has gone
no part of the world can find you.
Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.
There you can be sure
you are not beyond love.
The dark will be your womb tonight.
The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.
You must learn one thing.
The world was made to be free in.
Give up all other worlds
except the one to which you belong.
Sometimes it takes darkness and
the sweet confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.
David Whyte
Wildly and Dangerously Free 
Gorgeous photo too
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thank you Tara. Took them last night the clouds and sun just kept playing moment to moment. Darkness and Light. Beautiful.
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That’s so wonderful! I’ve been taking a lot of sunset photos because it doesn’t get dark this time of year as the sun sets so late. Been just gorgeous.
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I’ve seen some of your stunning photographs, especially those at the beach. We share our love of the ocean and the West Coast , you in the land of the midnight sun and me a little lower. Blessed by Nature.
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I agree! I like that connection.
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“Sometimes it takes darkness and / the sweet confinement of your aloneness / to learn…”. So true, during this time of sheltering and isolation. We thought, “The world was made to be free in.”
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….and perhaps open us to ‘see’ in a larger way
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Yes. “…anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you.” If we’ve outgrown it or them, and ourselves, then maybe it’s time to come alive in other ways. Bob Dylan’s line always come to mind: “He not busy being born is being dying.”
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I think this time of darkness has given us all a time to at least ponder on things that bring us alive and perhaps become aware of the things that are “too small for us”
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“The night will give you a horizon further than you can see.” I think this is my favorite line.
Your photo is a beautiful compliment to this poem.
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….so many perfect lines in this poem.
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