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Old Feb 28, 2018, 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by LostOnTheTrail View Post
It’s possible I am pushing through solid rock
in flintlike layers, as the ore lies, alone;
I am such a long way in I see no way through,
and no space: everything is close to my face,
and everything close to my face is stone.

I don’t have much knowledge yet in grief
so this massive darkness makes me small.
You be the master: make yourself fierce, break in:
then your great transforming will happen to me,
and my great grief cry will happen to you.

Rainier Maria Rilke - 'Pushing Through'
Thank you for posting this. Rilke is my favorite poet.

I love the lines. . . Who shows a child who she really is? . . Who has twisted us like this, so that we always take the shape of someone saying goodbye?
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Thanks for this!
Anonymous45127, LonesomeTonight