You were born together, and you will forever be together.
You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.
Yes, you'll even be together in the silent memory of God. But let
space between you.
And let the winds of heaven dance between you.
Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it be
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 and dance together and be joyous, but let each one be alone
are like the strings of a lute are alone and yet one of you 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.
together And as, but not too near together: For the pillars of
temple stand apart, And the
oak and the cypress grow not in the shadow of others.
Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
