tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230180868236727835.post73396180024979112..comments2007-11-19T08:25:47.556-06:00Comments on ...Pursued by a Bear: Pursued by a Bear/Perusing the BearChelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17627181439779802971noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230180868236727835.post-30982727820776920872007-05-20T05:21:00.000-05:002007-05-20T05:21:00.000-05:00Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angel...Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels' hierarchies?<BR/><BR/> and even if one of them pressed me suddenly against his heart:<BR/> I would be consumed in that overwhelming existence.<BR/> For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we are still just able to endure,<BR/> and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us.<BR/> Every angel is terrifying.<BR/> And so I hold myself back and swallow the call-note of my dark sobbing.<BR/> Ah, whom can we ever turn to in our need?<BR/> Not angels, not humans, and already the knowing animals are aware<BR/> that we are not really at home in our interpreted world."<BR/>-RilkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com