Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The Space Within Us

The Mulberry Tree, by Vincent van Gogh


The space within us reaches out, translates each thing.
For the essence of a tree to be real for you,
cast inner space around it, out of the space
that exists in you. Encircle it with restraint.
It has no borders. Only in the realm
of your renouncing can it, as tree, be known.
Uncollected Poems

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