I think about this, not like someone thinking, but like someone breathing, And I look at flowers and I smile.. I don’t know if they understand me Or if I understand them, But I know the truth is in them and in me And in our common divinity Of letting ourselves go and live on the EarthAnd carrying us in our arms through the contented SeasonsAnd letting the wind sing us to sleep And not have dreams in our sleep. Alberto Caeiro
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I think about this, not like someone thinking, but like someone breathing,And I look at flowers and I smile...I don’t know if they understand meOr if I understand them,But I know the truth is in them and in meAnd in our common divinityOf letting ourselves go and live on the EarthAnd carrying us in our arms through the contented SeasonsAnd letting the wind sing us to sleepAnd not have dreams in our sleep.I am lost in the world of wordsAnd ideas that are timelessThough some are grayer than others.The wind blows cold at my backThat long summer day.My tears are cold as wellAnd cold as my breath.But I do not cry for myselfOr for him who died.I cry because of himWho loved this world so muchHe loved it so muchHe loved it so muchHe loved it so littleHis death was the price he paidFor taking this world off its pedestal.The world was heavenSent by him to usAll of us.And he came to give us paradiseBut he came to take paradiseFrom us, his children.I am lost in the world of wordsAnd ideas that are timelessThough some are grayer than others.The wind blows cold at my backThat long summer day.My tears are cold as wellAnd cold as my breath.But I do not cry for myselfOr for him who died.I cry because of himWho loved this world so muchHe loved it so muchHe loved it so muchHe loved it so littleHis death was the price he paidFor taking this world off its pedestal.The world was heavenSent by him to usAll of us.And he came to give us paradiseBut he came to take paradiseFrom us, his children."

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