Listen: if you fear the sea or anything that swims— I was swallowed by the sea and then by that which is in the sea and is worse than the sea and what I found there was God, still railing at me: Are you mine yet? At last I was, and he let me go. [...]
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“Are you mine yet?”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Art, poetry on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Without these angels…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Art, beauty, poetry, rilke, tongues of men and angels on March 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jeder Engel ist schrecklich. Und dennoch, weh mir, ansing ich euch, fast tödliche Vögel der Seele, wissend um euch. – Raine Maria Rilke, 2nd Duino Elegy Every angel is terrible. And still, alas knowing all that I serenade you you almost deadly birds of the soul. Discovered courtesy of Elberry, talking of beauty and ugliness.