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I Am of the Desert, You of Cultivation
I am of the desert, you of cultivation:
Simplicity to me, to you is desolation;
Heat, thirst, and agony I seek out on vacation,
While you look for elegance and quiet restoration.
I am of the ocean, you are of the shore:
You want fewer waves, I manufacture more;
You like tranquil bays, I love the rollers' roar;
In me, a wild emptiness; in you, a quiet core.
While I am like a stream, you are like a lake:
I babble over boulders, you reflections make;
I rush forward heedlessly, as bones and branches break;
You part before the piercing bow and then absorb the wake.
That such extremes should not be mingled might seem elementary;
But love can make the wildest contradictions complementary. |
| Nicholas Gordon |
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| u r great |
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| Name: tammy | 2005-07-03 |
| you are just simply great gordan .how nice it is to read what one feels,its like ones reading his/her story. |
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| Name: jenni | 2006-12-10 |
| i like this one. i used it for my english project. =] |
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| Name: simply me | 2009-03-11 |
| it is so beautiful1 |
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