Allan

“Power said to the world,
"You are mine."
The world kept it prisoner on her throne.
Love said to the world, "I am thine."
The world gave it the freedom of her house.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

“The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

“We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

“never be taught." The cage bird says, "Alas for me, I know not the songs of the woodlands." Their love is intense with longing, but they never can fly wing to wing. Through the bars of the cage they look, and vain is their wish to know each other. They flutter their wings in yearning, and sing, "Come closer, my love!" The free bird cries, "It cannot be, I fear the closed doors of the cage." The cage bird whispers, "Alas, my wings are powerless and dead.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, The Gardener