Yesterday I was inspired by telling you about my bookshelf, so I'm going to quote to you my favorite poem - mantra - for many years - edited the way I think about it! I hope you like T.S. Eliot. ;)
V. What the Thunder said
by T.S. Eliot, edited by heathervescent
After the torchlight red on sweaty faces
After the frosty silence in the gardens
After the agony in stony places
The shouting and the crying
Of thunder of spring over distant mountains
He who was living is now dead
We who were living are now dying
... with a little patience
Here is no water but only rock
Rock and no water and the sandy road
The road winding above among the mountains
Which are mountains of rock without water
If there were water
And no rock
If there were rock
And also water
A spring
A pool among the rock
or the sound of water only
the sound of water over a rock
---
Who is the third who walk always beside you?
When I count, ther are only you and I together
But when I look ahead up the white road
There is always another one walking beside you
---
In the faint moonlight, the grass is singing
There is the empty chapel, only the wind's home
In a flash of lightning. Then a damp gust
Bringing Rain
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