In this place of light: he dares to live Who stops being a bird, yet beats his wings Against the immense immeasurable emptiness of things. (Theodore Roethke)

In this place of light: he dares to live Who stops being a bird, yet beats his wings Against the immense immeasurable emptiness of things.

Theodore Roethke

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