The Travel Club is an association of independent, explorative and creative travelers from all over the world. We are dedicated to building and promoting travel culture on a global level. https://www.thetravelclub.org/tag/david-whyte 2026-01-14T13:02:19+01:00 The Travel Club Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2015-05-27T21:34:10+02:00 2015-05-27T21:34:10+02:00 https://www.thetravelclub.org/articles/world-poetry/695-the-journey Nina Jovanovic

<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6PK3GhnHOJc?rel=0&amp;controls=0" width="660" height="495" seamless="seamless" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Above the mountains<br />the geese turn into<br />the light again</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Painting their<br />black silhouettes<br />on an open sky.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Sometimes everything<br />has to be<br />inscribed across<br />the heavens</p> <p style="text-align: left;">so you can find<br />the one line<br />already written<br />inside you.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Sometimes it takes<br />a great sky<br />to find that</p> <p style="text-align: left;">first, bright<br />and indescribable<br />wedge of freedom<br />in your own heart.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Sometimes with<br />the bones of the black<br />sticks left when the fire<br />has gone out</p> <p style="text-align: left;">someone has written<br />something new<br />in the ashes of your life.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">You are not leaving.<br />Even as the light fades quickly now,<br />you are arriving.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">—</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><em><a href="http://www.davidwhyte.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Whyte</a> is an English poet. He is quoted as saying that all of his poetry and philosophy is based on 'the conversational nature of reality'.</em></p>

<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6PK3GhnHOJc?rel=0&amp;controls=0" width="660" height="495" seamless="seamless" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Above the mountains<br />the geese turn into<br />the light again</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Painting their<br />black silhouettes<br />on an open sky.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Sometimes everything<br />has to be<br />inscribed across<br />the heavens</p> <p style="text-align: left;">so you can find<br />the one line<br />already written<br />inside you.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Sometimes it takes<br />a great sky<br />to find that</p> <p style="text-align: left;">first, bright<br />and indescribable<br />wedge of freedom<br />in your own heart.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Sometimes with<br />the bones of the black<br />sticks left when the fire<br />has gone out</p> <p style="text-align: left;">someone has written<br />something new<br />in the ashes of your life.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">You are not leaving.<br />Even as the light fades quickly now,<br />you are arriving.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">—</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><em><a href="http://www.davidwhyte.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Whyte</a> is an English poet. He is quoted as saying that all of his poetry and philosophy is based on 'the conversational nature of reality'.</em></p>