Then Almitra spoke again and said...
"And what of Marriage, master?"
And he answered saying:
You were born together,
and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white wings
of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the
silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea between
the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous,
but let each of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone
though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together.
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress
grow not in each other's shadow.
6 comments:
What a crystal clear summation of a most complex union.
I think we spend too much time trying to make it be instead of letting it be. The resulting difference is astonishing.
I heard a recent analogy that made me smile:
Effort in marriage should be likened to the subtle, yet critical difference between pulling a piece of string and pushing it.
Hope to learn and have this one day.
“a most complex union.”
Yes it is Jasai. I suspect it is a metaphor for the ultimate union.
Hope to learn and have this one day.
I like that Robyn. Wanting it is important. Men have a hard time not giving women what they truly want.
Before the birth of my son, I don't think I understood what marriage really was or how magical women really are. Cool married brothers make marriage "cool"--kinda like Tiger and golf. :-)
Big J
Yes, J. You are right. There is something magical about women, that you don’t truly experience outside of marriage.
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