Are you Rilke's
lethal birds of the soul?
Oh, so darkly exquisite,
easier to run from
than confront.
Having stripped away my fancy robes,
my sequined masks, opened
my hidden rooms, what then?
Naked before you,
who am I?
*Rilke, Mirrors, Second Duino Elegy
lethal birds of the soul?
Oh, so darkly exquisite,
easier to run from
than confront.
Having stripped away my fancy robes,
my sequined masks, opened
my hidden rooms, what then?
Naked before you,
who am I?
*Rilke, Mirrors, Second Duino Elegy
This is the essential question, isn't it... beautiful poem!
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