Wednesday, 15 June 2011 16:25

A Poem A Day: Love Song

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How can I keep my soul in me, so that
it doesn't touch your soul? How can I raise
it high enough, past you, to other things?

I would like to shelter it, among remote
lost objects, in some dark and silent place
that doesn't resonate when your depths resound.
Yet everything that touches us, me and you,
takes us together like a violin's bow,
which draws *one* voice out of two separate strings.
Upon what instrument are we two spanned?
And what musician holds us in his hand?
Oh sweetest song.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke


To learn more about the famous German poet, Rilke, and the fascinating guidance he gave to other aspiring poets, click here.

 

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