Friday, March 4, 2011

In Our Own Way

Blacksmith Shop, by Vincent van Gogh

Ever turned toward what we create, we see in it
only reflections of the Open, darkened by us.
Except when an animal silently looks us through and through.
This is our fate: to stand
in our own way. Forever
in the way.

From the Eighth Duino Elegy

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