On Marriage

by Kahlil Gibran (1923) — a poem card from Justes Mots

The beloved wedding passage: stand together, yet leave spaces — for the oak and cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.…

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