in the kingdom of transformation

 

 

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Losing too is still ours; 
and even forgetting still has a shape 
in the kingdom of transformation.

When something's let go of, it circles; 
and though we are rarely the center of the circle, 

it draws around us its unbroken, 
marvelous curve.

—Rainer Maria Rilke

(For Hans Carossa)

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