Poetry from Rilke

 All will come again into its strength:
the fields undivided, the waters undammed,
the trees towering and the walls built low.
And in the valleys, people as strong and varied as the land. 

And no churches where God
is imprisoned and lamented
like a trapped and wounded animal.
The houses welcoming all who knock
and a sense of boundless offering
in all relations, and in you and me. 

No yearning for an afterlife, no looking beyond,
no belittling of death,
but only longing for what belongs to us
and serving earth, lest we remain unused. 

~ Ranier Maria Rilke ~

One Reply to “Poetry from Rilke”

  1. Yes!
    That is my daily context.
    I hope it can soon be everyone’s.
    Much of contemporary society today,
    is simply a passing, theater;
    There are so many, many signs of a Golden Culture evolving our future.

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