Gravity

Posted by Maverick ~ on May 4, 2018
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“If we surrendered
to earth’s intelligence
we could rise up rooted, like trees.

Instead we entangle ourselves
in knots of our own making
and struggle, lonely and confused.

So like children, we begin again…

to fall,
patiently to trust our heaviness.
Even a bird has to do that
before he can fly.”

Rainer Maria Rilke
(Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God)

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5 comments on “Gravity”

  2. Extinguish my eyes, I still can see you,
    Close my ears, I can hear your footsteps fall,
    And without feet I still can follow you,
    And without voice I still can to you call.
    Break off my arms, and I can embrace you,
    Enfold you with my heart as with a hand.
    Hold my heart, my brain will take fire of you
    As flax ignites from a lit fire-brand—
    And flame will sweep in a swift rushing flood
    Through all the singing currents of my blood.

    ❤❤

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