Notebook: Chapter of Marriage

Reading these lines now as oppose to when I have first heard of them stirs up something new in me. I now see a certain truth that I have failed to notice earlier, but at the same time I am still certain that there is still immense worth in his words that I am still lacking to see. But for now, the newness of this discovery and dawning is enough to last me till the next addictive dose.

Mind me not that I share, the words of wisdom that brought me to my weepy state again this morning.

You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.

You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, 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 cups 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 one 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.

- From the Chapter of Marriage in ‘The Prophet’ by Kahlil Gibran -