The Day Millicent Found the World
William Stafford
Every morning Millicent ventured farther
into the woods. At first she stayed
near light, the edge where bushes grew, where
her way back appeared in glimpses among
dark trunks behind her. Then by farther paths
or openings where giant pines had fallen
she explored ever deeper into
the interior, till one day she stood under a great
dome among columns, the heart of the forest, and knew:
Lost. She had achieved a mysterious world
where any direction would yield only surprise…
Pray: Be Thou My Vision
Mary E. Byrne, 1905
Be Thou my vision
O Lord of my heart.
Naught be all else to me
save that Thou art.
Thou my best thought
by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping
Thy presence my light.
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