i imagine you've read this (also, i stumbled onto your essays randomly and love them, pardon my reading all of them in a row), but that poem calls back in several deep ways (to me) to this:
I Live My Life In Growing Orbits
by Rainer Maria Rilke
I live my life in growing orbits
which move out over the things of the world.
Perhaps I can never achieve the last,
but that will be my attempt.
I am circling around God, around the ancient tower,
and I have been circling for a thousand years,
and I still don’t know if I am a falcon, or a storm,
i imagine you've read this (also, i stumbled onto your essays randomly and love them, pardon my reading all of them in a row), but that poem calls back in several deep ways (to me) to this:
I Live My Life In Growing Orbits
by Rainer Maria Rilke
I live my life in growing orbits
which move out over the things of the world.
Perhaps I can never achieve the last,
but that will be my attempt.
I am circling around God, around the ancient tower,
and I have been circling for a thousand years,
and I still don’t know if I am a falcon, or a storm,
or a great song.
I love Rilke but have actually never read this poem. Thank you for expanding my orbit 🙃 and I’m really honored that you’re here.
loved this post!!
🥹 thank you and thank you for reading!!