Tuesday, 26 January 2016

V. 2. / 165.) When I Saw The Fluttering Dove




When I saw the fluttering dove
I thought that I should see heaven open
But not with my first eyes could I see
But with my second: then in the instant!

When I saw the olive tree split asunder
I thought that I should see the rent in me
But not with my first eyes could I see
But with my second: then in the instant!

It wasn’t the land which I could see
That bore any resemblance to the land
Which I cannot see but know is there:
The natural thing gave little indication
Of its invisible or spiritual ‘equivalent:’
Only in seeing the second time will I
Understand It: dead stones have no eyes




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