Louisville Process Theology Network

The Larger Circle

The Larger Circle

We clasp the hands of those who go before us,

and the hands of those who come after us;
we enter the little circle of each other's arms,
and the larger circle of lovers

whose hands are joined in a dance,
and the larger circle of all creatures,

passing in and out of life,

who move also in a dance,

to a music so subtle and vast

that no ear hears it

except in fragments.

From "What Are People For?" by Wendell Berry