Leisure

Speak not, lie hidden and conceal

the way you dream, the things you feel.

Deep in your spirit let them rise

akin to stars in crystal skies

that set before the night is blurred:

delight to them and speak no word.

How can a heart expression find?

How should another know your mind?

Will he discern what quickens you?

A thought, once uttered, is untrue.

Dimmed is the fountainhead when stirred:

drink at the source and speak no word.

Live in your inner self alone

within your soul a world has grown,

the magic of veiled thoughts that might

be blinded by the outer light,

drowned in the noise of day, unheard...

take in their song and speak no word.

Fyodor Tyutchev

A bit beyond perception's reach

I sometimes believe I see that

Life is two locked boxes, each

containing the other's key.

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Original thought

is a straightforward process.

It's easy enough

when you know what to do.

You simply combine

in appropriate doses

the blatantly false

and the patently true.

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When you're adding up committees

there's a useful rule of thumb:

that talents make a difference,

but follies make a sum.

Grooks by Piet Hein