Ethereal Wisdom

[supple grotto]

I want an owl inside my heart
to perch, listen, and hoot.
I can be its warm nest;
its soft feathers will comfort me
through the drafty night.
I’m sure the owl has no worries,
rendering sheer glares at the sky.
Thinking about the stars and the moon.
I want to emulate its thoughts
and its rich orange eyes.

I want the moon to see the owl in my heart.
I want to hear its lunar lullabies,
and store them safe in my dreams,
and borrow its silver eyes,
and endow me with a silver heart.
When dawn arises I’ll possess its features.

I’ll walk among the dark trees
gracefully pouring bottles of light to them.
I’ll be their second moon; they’ll have enough light.
When I leave those beautiful green things,
I’ll whistle to the moonlit owl for the most glorious candle.
And build a small table in my head with a velvet cloth
with all the powers I’ve mustered up.
I want to be filled with its wax,
forever burning and never looking back.

11/8/25

[elder aspen]

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[thick lichen]

Ooooh I too want this too! I love your poem.

But I want a specific forest. A fairy forest with willow trees and owls, foxes and will o the wisps. ^.^

[upper dune]

"i want an owl inside my heart to perch, listen, and hoot." i really like this opening. yr not asking for a symbol but yr asking for a companion. the owl isn’t just wisdom,it’s presence. it listens. that’s such a gentle and profound need

[patent bane]

The owl is a symbol of wisdom and represents the goddess of wisdom herself, Athena, thus the poem's title is so sweetly befitting. First stanza shows the speaker letting wisdom nest into their heart, a warmth in the drafty night, also wanting to replicate that essence of wisdom.

And then comes the moon, representing deep (general) love to witness this in which the speaker also asks for the moon to give the heart such essence of the moon's symbolism too. As a result, the speaker themself becomes the light in the darkness and warmth on a cold night, shining the forest before proceeding to keep glowing with these qualities.

Imagery itself is indeed ethereal and sparkly and perhaps one of the best works I've ever read from you.