You Who Never Arrived ~

Posted by Maverick ~ on February 8, 2015
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You Who Never Arrived
~ Rainer Maria Rilke

You who never arrived
in my arms, Beloved,
you who were lost from the start,
I don’t even know what songs
would please you. I have given up
trying to recognize you in the surging wave
of the next moment. All the immense
images in me – the deeply felt
faraway landscape, cities, towers, bridges,
unsuspected turns in the path,
and those powerful lands that were once
pulsing with the life of the gods –
all rise within me to mean
you, who forever elude me.

You who are all the gardens
I have ever gazed at.
An open window in a country house –
and you almost stepped out to meet me.
Streets that I chanced upon –
you had just walked down them and vanished.
And sometimes, in a shop, the mirrors
were still dizzy with your presence and,
startled, gave back my too-sudden image.
Who knows? Perhaps the same bird
echoed through both of us
yesterday, separate, in the evening . . .

22 comments on “You Who Never Arrived ~”

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  10. ever have a day when you share the chaos in your mind ? I think I emailed you instead of putting my comment here…
    Know I really enjoyed your photo and the words… 🙂
    and again Thank you for sharing you and your gift
    Take Care…You Matter…
    )0(
    maryrose

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    • Thanks maryrose because now I know that the email thingie works. 🙂 And yes, chaos in the mind is like my work days so I know exactly what you mean. Also, thank you very much for your kind words. ❤

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      • You’re Welcome 🙂
        Hope you are having a peace-filled weekend
        (and glad you know your email works )
        )0(

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