Kahlil Gibran On Marriage

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You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.

The Darkness

And when you go,

While i’m still here

Wait in the silent

Wait in the dark

 

You know nobody loves me

You know nobody cares me

You know i can’t do anything

I look you just: a dark in my mind

 

If i could see,

–i would write a note to Him

i would touch Him

i would tell Him all my secret in my heart

 

And now,

just grim memories squire me to nirvana

–i’ll be fetch you