Secret things..

Being with the Secret Things

I am too alone in this world, and not alone enough

to make every moment holy.

I am too tiny in this world, and not tiny enough

just to lie before you like a thing,

shrewd and secretive.

I want my own will, and I want simply to be with my

will

as it goes toward action.

and in the silent, sometimes hardly moving times

when something is coming near.

I want to be with those who know secret things

or else alone.

- Rilke