
Jasmine
"Almost the twenty-first
century" --
how quickly the thought will grow dated,
even
quaint.
century" --
how quickly the thought will grow dated,
even
quaint.
Our hopes, our
future,
will pass like the hopes and futures of others.
future,
will pass like the hopes and futures of others.
And all our anxieties and
terrors,
nights of sleeplessness,
griefs,
will appear then as they
truly are --
terrors,
nights of sleeplessness,
griefs,
will appear then as they
truly are --
Stumbling, delirious bees in
the tea scent of jasmine.
the tea scent of jasmine.
~
(Lives of the
Heart)
Heart)
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