marriage?
My aunt Natasha just posted this...and I haven't read this book, but the poem really made my mind roll. It's in a book by Kahil Gibran called The Prophet called Marriage.
You were born together and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens 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 and dance together and 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 too near together"
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
This really just struck me as odd, since all my life I saw marriage as a unity, a way that you can commune eachothers spirits under God or the great spirit or whatever you want to call it.
I was really intrigued, because it really changed my perception. I'm sure i'll be thinking about it for quite some time...Maybe marriage isnt a unity...maybe, marriage was made for families to invest in other families. Maybe marriage is just a piece of paper that gives the government more hold on you.
Ya know, Marriage has nothing to do with love. You get dressed up really pretty and go into a big crowd of people to put a little piece of metal on your finger. Is it used to prove to everyone that you're so devoted? Is it used to prove to everyone you love the person so much? Why is marriage so needed. Is it in ourselves to conform? Because really...marriage is just a huge piece of conformity.
You were born together and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens 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 and dance together and 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 too near together"
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
This really just struck me as odd, since all my life I saw marriage as a unity, a way that you can commune eachothers spirits under God or the great spirit or whatever you want to call it.
I was really intrigued, because it really changed my perception. I'm sure i'll be thinking about it for quite some time...Maybe marriage isnt a unity...maybe, marriage was made for families to invest in other families. Maybe marriage is just a piece of paper that gives the government more hold on you.
Ya know, Marriage has nothing to do with love. You get dressed up really pretty and go into a big crowd of people to put a little piece of metal on your finger. Is it used to prove to everyone that you're so devoted? Is it used to prove to everyone you love the person so much? Why is marriage so needed. Is it in ourselves to conform? Because really...marriage is just a huge piece of conformity.