The Other
I used to read this poem while my yoga class in Cardiff were relaxing and I love the feeling that the other being is there for eternity for us to break our prayers on Him. It is my favourite RS Thomas poem. It is on the side bar and does sometimes appear but you may have to press on all the pages before it does! so this is easier for you :-)
The Other
There are nights that are so stillthat I can hear the small owl calling
far off and a fox barking
miles away. It is then that I lie
in the lean hours awake listening
to the swell born somewhere in the Atlantic
rising and falling, rising and falling
wave on wave on the long shore
by the village, that is without light
and companionless. And the thought comes
of that other being who is awake, too,
letting our prayers break on him,
not like this for a few hours,
but for days, years, for eternity.
" R. S. Thomas