Roots of the old tree
clutch the ground -
the tree above them dead -
last leaves shed . . .
But roots locked deep
in earth's rich dark -
are dead fingers
in a living heart.

- Emily

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..once the realization is accepted that, even between the closest human
beings, infinite distnces continue to exist, a wonderful living side by side
can grow up, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which
makes it possible for each to see the other whole and against a wide sky!

- Rilke