But

once the realisation is

accepted,

that even between the

closest human beings

infinite

distance 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.

I hold this the highest task of

a bond between two people:

that each should

stand guard

over the solitude of the other.

And only those are the

true sharings,

which, rhythmically, interrupt

periods of

deep isolation.