Sunday, October 31, 2010

The aftermath from watching a hilarious yet sweet korean movie and remembering what it feels like to want to possess and to belong.

lover*
photo by hana**


I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone
enough
to truly consecrate the hour.
I am much too small in this world, yet not small
enough
to be to you just object and thing,
dark and smart.

I want my free will and want it accompanying
the path which leads to action;
and want during times that beg questions,
where something is up
to be among those in the know,
or else be alone.

I want to mirror your image to its fullest perfection,
never be blind or too old
to uphold your weighty wavering reflection.
I want to unfold
Nowhere I wish to stay crooked, bent;
for there I would be dishonest, untrue.
I want my conscience to be
true before you;
want to describe myself like a picture I observed
for a long time, one close up.
like a new word I learned and embraced
like the everday jug,
like my mother's face
like a ship that carried me along
through the deadliest storm

Rainer Maria Rilke-- I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone

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