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[ NaPo 2021 ] [ Gibran ] You've got a Prophet in me
When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the 'nay" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the 'ay."
And when he is silent your hearts ceases not to listen to his heart,
For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unclaimed.
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in him may be clearer
in his absence, as the mountain is to the climber from the plain.
~ Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
Our friends never truly leave us
firm as mountains in a range
until out of mind, thus
becoming out of sight
and then it does seem strange
as if you are the only mountain
in existence during the height
of your loneliness
Merely shrouded in the mist
of the no longer longed-for
despite repeated insistence
they are missed, those friends
are still present at your side
If you keep them inside your heart
the entire time, you need
not look any further than this
And when he is silent your hearts ceases not to listen to his heart,
For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unclaimed.
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in him may be clearer
in his absence, as the mountain is to the climber from the plain.
~ Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
Our friends never truly leave us
firm as mountains in a range
until out of mind, thus
becoming out of sight
and then it does seem strange
as if you are the only mountain
in existence during the height
of your loneliness
Merely shrouded in the mist
of the no longer longed-for
despite repeated insistence
they are missed, those friends
are still present at your side
If you keep them inside your heart
the entire time, you need
not look any further than this
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