"Sweet Darkness" by David Whyte

On Being with Krista Tippett

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🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 1 minutes

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David Whyte reads his poem, “Sweet Darkness.” This poem is featured in David’s On Being conversation with Krista, “Seeking Language Large Enough.” Find more of his poems, along with our full collection of poetry films and readings from two decades of the show, at Experience Poetry.

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0:00.0	Sweet Darkness, written and read by David White.
0:17.7	When your eyes are tired, the world is tired also.
0:21.5	When your vision is gone, no part of the world can find you.
0:25.8	It's time to go into the night where the dark has eyes to recognize its own.
0:29.5	There you can be sure you are not beyond love.
0:32.4	The dark will make a home for you tonight.
0:35.0	The night will give you a horizon further than you can see.
0:38.4	You must learn one thing.
0:40.4	You must learn one thing.
0:42.0	The world was made to be free in.
0:44.8	You must learn one thing.
0:46.6	The world was made to be free in.
0:48.0	You must learn one thing.
0:49.6	The world was made to be free in give up.
0:52.2	All the other worlds except the one to which you belong.
0:55.3	Sometimes it takes dark time.
0:57.3	Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your loneliness to learn anything
1:04.1	or anyone that does not bring your life is too small for you.

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