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26taurus
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posted December 02, 2007 01:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 26taurus     Edit/Delete Message
The Holy Longing

poem by Johann W. Von Goethe

Tell a wise person, or else keep silent,
because the mass man will mock it right away.
I praise what is truly alive,
what longs to be burned to death.

In the calm water of the love-nights,
where you were begotten, where you have begotten,
a strange feeling comes over you,
when you see the silent candle burning.

Now you are no longer caught in the obsession with darkness,
and a desire for higher love-making sweeps you upward.

Distance does not make you falter.
Now, arriving in magic, flying,
and finally, insane for the light,
you are the butterfly and you are gone.
And so long as you haven't experienced this: to die and so to grow,
you are only a troubled guest on the dark earth.

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NosiS
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posted December 02, 2007 01:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for NosiS     Edit/Delete Message

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strtnash
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posted December 02, 2007 01:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for strtnash     Edit/Delete Message
Wow!!!!

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26taurus
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posted December 04, 2007 02:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 26taurus     Edit/Delete Message
Yeah. Seriously.

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Heart--Shaped Cross
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posted December 05, 2007 01:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Heart--Shaped Cross     Edit/Delete Message
I didnt see this until now.

Perfect timing.

Thank you.

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26taurus
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posted December 05, 2007 04:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 26taurus     Edit/Delete Message

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26taurus
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posted December 07, 2007 02:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for 26taurus     Edit/Delete Message
i long to wrap my arms around him.

..Goethe

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