"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

12 December 2021

Consecrates.


We press forward.
But this march of time --
consider it a glimpse 
of what endures.

All that hurries will 
soon enough be over, 
because what lingers
is what consecrates us.

O, young ones, don't waste
your courage on speed
or squander it in flight.

Everything is at rest:
darkness and light,
blossom and book.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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