Saturday, July 11, 2009

Love Is The Only Rational Act



"Love is the only rational act."
— Rainer Maria Rilke

If we don't breathe to speak of love
then we are wasting our breath.
If we aren't eating to have the energy to love
then we are still hungry.
If we aren't moving to love,
then we are moving in the wrong direction.
If our every action, movement, thought, word
does not lead to love
then we have failed as we may have before
and if we do not pick ourselves up
and love ourselves and others even more
then we have declared the ultimate
war upon humanity.
The only true war on war
is to express love
and to share it with everyone
even in the most unlikeliest of moments,
especially in the most unlikeliest of moments,
we must share love
and reach others with it,
teach it, preach it
from the rooftops,
from the mountaintops
to surround every ounce of our being with love
no matter the consequences,
past and future,
for herein lies
the present
and future
for us
all.







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4 comments:

Garry M. Perza Jr. said...

This poem is perfect! Thank you for sharing it!

Garry M. Perza Jr. said...

This poem is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

Kathy said...

Which Rilke poem and book does the quote come from? I can't find it.

Matsumoto said...

Gosh, it's been so long..."Letters to a Young Poet", I believe.