Help
Sign In
courage
February 2009 
You Darkness
Posted on Nov 9th, 2007
by 
Wonderer
Wonderer
You darkness from which I come,
I love you more than all the fires
that fence out the world,
for the fire makes a circle
for everyone
so that no one sees you anymore.
But darkness holds it all:
the shape and the flame,
the animal and myself,
how it holds them,
all powers, all sight-
and it is possible: its great strength
is breaking into my body.
I have faith in the night.
Rainer Maria Rilke; Translated by David Whyte
I love you more than all the fires
that fence out the world,
for the fire makes a circle
for everyone
so that no one sees you anymore.
But darkness holds it all:
the shape and the flame,
the animal and myself,
how it holds them,
all powers, all sight-
and it is possible: its great strength
is breaking into my body.
I have faith in the night.
Rainer Maria Rilke; Translated by David Whyte
Access: Public
About the Long Dark Night of the Soul:
http://verewig.blog-city.com/
(Also helpful if we're just talking about the Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul).