Falling Stars

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Falling Stars

Do you remember still the falling stars

that like swift horses through the heavens raced

and suddenly leaped across the hurdles

of our wishes -- do you recall?

And we did make so many!

For there were countless numbers of stars;

each time we looked above we were astounded by

the swiftness of their daring play,

while in our hearts we felt safe and secure

watching those brilliant bodies disintegrate,

knowing somehow we had survived their fall.

-- Rainer Maria Rilke

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Image by Anand Zaveri