Thursday, July 7, 2011

I Live My Life in Widening Circles


I live my life in widening circles
that reach out across the world.
I may not complete this last one
but I give myself to it.

I circle around God, around the primordial tower.
I've been circling for thousands of years
and I still don't know: am I a falcon,
a storm, or a great song?

--Ranier Maria Rilke, Books of Hours I,2

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