Let there be spaces

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Kahlil Gibran on love - Let there be spaces..
Let there be spaces..

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 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. 

— Kahlil Gibran

This is Day 4 post for the Write Tribe Festival of Words.

16 thoughts on “Let there be spaces”

  4. The distance in togetherness is as much important as the closeness. This is something not all relationships address. It is expressed in the poem perfectly. Nice picture to go with it.

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  5. These verses speak of so many things – of giving each other personal space to grow… of respecting other’s choices… of being kind but not expecting anything in return … such though provoking and inspiring verses.

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