Kimberly Finer - I am alone in the world, and yet not alone enough

I am alone in the world, and yet not alone enough
to make each hour holy.
I am lowly in this world, and yet not lowly enough
for me to be just a thing to you,
dark and shrewd.
I want my will and I want to go with my will
as it moves towards action.
And I want, in those silent, somehow faltering times,
to be with someone who knows,
or else alone.
I want to reflect everything about you,
and I never want to be too blind or too ancient
to keep your profound wavering image with me.
I want to unfold.
I don’t want to be folded anywhere,
because there, where I’m folded,
I am a lie.
And I want my meaning true for you.

-Ranier Maria Rilke

Kimberly Finer

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