On Marriage
You were born together
& together you shall be forevermore. You shall be
together when the white wings of death scatter your days - ay, you shall
be
together even in the silent memory of God, but let there be spaces in your
togetherness & let the winds of heaven dance between you. Love one another
but make not a bond of love, let it rather be a moving sea between the shores
of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup give one
another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing & dance together
& be joyous but let each one of you be alone even as the strings of
a lute are
alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts but not into
each other's keeping for only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And
stand together yet not to near together for the pillars of the temple stand
apart & the oak & cypress trees grow not in each other's shadow.