reconciling ill-matched threads: 8-10

Monday, August 10, 2009

8-10

shall i continue to be the mule
or attempt to flit about like the hummingbird?

my happiness is entertainment for others.

approaching this moment of abundance, i feel overwhelmed.

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Rilke 1, 17 from the Book of Hours

She who reconciles the ill-matched threads

of her life, and weaves them gratefully

into a single cloth-

it's she who drives the loudmouths from the hall

and clears it for a different celebration

where the one guest is you.

In the softness of the evening

it's you she receives.

You are the partner of her loneliness,

the unspeaking center of her monologues.

With each disclosure you encompass more

and she stretches beyond what limits her,

to hold you.

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