Stranger to the Beautiful Quotes

“Ravenous for knowledge
I
devour the silence,

then kneel, an acolyte,

in dawn’s gray light.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“Written on water,
their stories given to the sea,
carried where tides travel
to the holy book
at the end of time.”
”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“After years of toil and grief
I turn and face forward
in my unexpected seat
on the train to Eden”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“What broke me was wildness,
and wildness my salvation.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“Upon the altar of the heart,
cleansed of conflict,
the world rests radiant
in naked splendor.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“The lure of deep water
and gathering night,
held in the mystery
I kneel to taste
at the earth altar.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“Signal the stars if you hear me,
and lift your soul in silence steeped,
that dark night beauty find you.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“Death, death it is,
their horrid voices croak,
as mountain rivers melt
in rushing floods.
Yet even as waters boil,
deep within the earth
armies of the Angel rise,
trumpeting symphonies
of the apocalypse.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“However far I travel
the earth remains the earth,
held like a newborn
each new day,
a silent presence
among the stars.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“I rise and fall
the ancient way,
from root to leaf
and back to earth;
the road I tread
these autumn years,
without desire
or fear of death.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“The earth opens
and down I tumble,
into a vault of seeds,
perfect and unbroken.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“Quietly I spread like snow

the silence of my heart,

and discover this day

how deeply I belong.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“Rivers don’t sleep,

dark forests rise,

sodden roots shatter

the concrete prison.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“Before a wall

of ancient stone,

I place prayers

in cracks of silence.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“Sunlight heals the eyes,
water sounds a listening grace.
Lineage of sun and earth,
children of the eternal,
here and now, we are good.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“I never will be sober
while desire guides me,
lured by darkness
to distant light,
where sky gods celebrate
those who love night glory,
who dare once more
to sing among the stars.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“Welcome the womb,
seed and flower,
welcome the timeless,
welcome the hour.
Welcome the grieving,
all who mourn,
welcome the earth,
welcome the dawn.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful

“Dropping like rain,
I fall into a new year
of starless nights,
wet gray dawns.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful