The Bell and The Blackbird

Internationally-acclaimed poet, author and speaker David Whyte’s 9th volume of poetry. 2016 Many Rivers Press


JUST BEYOND YOURSELF


Just beyond

yourself.


It’s where

you need

to be.


Half a step

into

self-forgetting

and the rest

restored

by what

you’ll meet.


There is a road

always beckoning.


When you see 

the two sides

of it

closing together

at that far horizon

and deep in

the foundations

of your own

heart 

at exactly

the same 

time, 


that’s how

you know

it’s the road

you

have

to follow.


That’s how

you know

it’s where

you 

have

to go.


That’s

how you know.


Just beyond

yourself,

it’s 

where you

need to be.


- David Whyte