' I Circle around God '...

I live my life in widening circles
that reach out across the world.

I may not ever complete the last one,
but I give myself to it.

I circle around God, that primordial tower.

I have been circling for thousands of years,
and I still don't know: am I a falcon,
a storm, or a great song?



- Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Joanna Macy & Anita Barrows