Oceans. by Juan Ramon Jimenez

i have a feeling that my boat
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing.
and nothing
happens! nothing…silence…waves.

..

-nothing happens? or has everything happened,
and are we standing now, quietly, in the new life?

~juan ramon jimenez (translated by: robert bly)

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