Kahlil Gibran
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In the tradition of the "Blank of the Day" threads recently, I wanted to start a Poem of the Day thread, but I'd get trashed for it. I'm a total hippie douchebag, I know.
Really it's not so much that, but it's just that this one holds special significance to me. Recently, a dear friend committed suicide. He quoted this in his note.I would like to have (at least an annotated version, the words between the *___*) of it tattooed on my inner upper arm.
Then Almitra spoke, saying, "We would ask now of Death."
And he said:
You would know the secret of death.
But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.
If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;
And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.
Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.
Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?
Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?
*___
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?And what is to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
___*- Kahlil Gibran from "The Prophet"
And now, please make fun of me, thanks.
- brains0
I didn't read it, but to make things work.. You are a cunt.
- exactly, would have expected nothing less. thank you for reinforcing every preconception I have of the users of this site!threadpost
- But really though, good book choices.brains
- Oh my, I didn't read ANY of it. Please see my lower post. My sincerest condolences.brains
- antares0
jamal, is that you?
- ukit0
So sorry about your friend, threadpost:(
- ah thanks mate! yes he was the kindest most gentle and intelligent person I ever had the pleasure of knowing.threadpost
- doesnotexist0
how's them drugs treating you, you dirty little lech
- wish I could say they were good, maybe if I had some things would be better!threadpost
- antares0
now that i've read what you posted, i am really sorry to hear about your friend.
- thank you thank you. dedicated his life to academics. one of those people too smart for their own good you know? in the end it only brought him despair.threadpost
- ...in the end, it only led him to deeper despair. ironic how that happensthreadpost
- brains0
I fully didn't read any of that. I'm sorry about your friend. I've seen it happen. Ignore what I said off the bat.
- I think your tattoo idea is beautiful.brains
- ha, ok thanks man. again, everything I read here, is taken usually with about 10,000 grains of salt.threadpost
- ukit0
This thread proves that people here aren't mean, they just don't read the posts:D
- threadpost0
Sorry, I wasn't posting as a "boohoo for me post" so much as I just thought it was such a nice piece of prose. you can tease me all you like, but ya gotta admit, the passage is pretty amazing, right?
That whole book, The Prophet, is just so...beautiful.
- katekelly0
so sorry about your friend.
that passage gave me goosebumps- whoa.
- ah cool! glad I could pass words along so powerful to evoke that response. share other passages if u have em!threadpost