Parading

And this: that one opens itself, like a lid

and beneath lie many more eyelids,
and beneath lie many more eyelids,
and beneath lie many more eyelids,
all closed, as if, tenfold asleep, they
all closed, as if, tenfold asleep, they
must damp down an inner power to see.
must damp down an inner power to see.
And, above all, this: that through these petals
And, above all, this: that through these petals
light has to pass. —Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Galway Kinnell and Hannah Liebmann
light has to pass.
—Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Galway Kinnell and Hannah Liebmann

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