behind every atom hides an infinite universe. —Rumi

    

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Inside the huge Romanesque church the tourists jostled in the half darkness. 

Vault gaped behind vault, no complete view.

A few candle flames flickered.  

An angel with no face embraced me

and whispered through my whole body:

"Don't be ashamed of being human, be proud!

Inside you vault opens behind vault endlessly.

You will never be complete, that's how it's meant to be." 

Blind with tears

I was pushed out on the sun-seething piazza

together with Mr and Mrs Jones, Mr Tanaka, and Signora Sabatini,

and inside them all vault opened behind vault endlessly.


—Tomas Tranströmer

Romanesque Arches
Robin Fulton version

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Who gets up early to discover the moment light begins?

Who finds us here circling, bewitched, like atoms?

—Rumi

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