Monday, February 15, 2010

"Don't Come to Me with the Entire Truth"

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Don't Come to Me with the Entire Truth

Don't come to me with the entire truth.
Don't bring the ocean if I feel thirsty,
nor heaven if I ask for light;
but bring a hint, some dew, a particle,
as birds carry drops away from a lake,
and the wind a grain of salt.

Olav H. Hauge

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This Is Not the Kingdom of the Poor

In the Asylum

This is not the kingdom of the poor,
nor the house of sorrow.
But take your hat off
as you go in.
You have no way of knowing
where love blazes here
and whose spirit
watches.
No one reads here.
No one writes here.
But God
finds the sleeping
and the waking
heart.

Olav H. Hauge

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