●silenced with unspeakable hope, from the reading rilke series
silenced with unspeakable hope, 36x36 oil on canvas 2010 Sharon Kingston SOLD
It seemsour own impermanence is concealed from us.
The trees stand firm, the houses we live in
are still there. We alone
flow past it all, an exchange of air.
Everything conspires to silence us,
partly with shame,
partly with unspeakable hope.
From the second Duino Elegy
Rainer Maria Rilke
translation by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy
