A dream beyond our reaching

0014s_0004_TreeOfLife_BlackNiteSkyOn a day when He and I were alone walking in a field, we were both hungry, and we came to a wild apple tree.

There were only two apples hanging on the bough.

And He held the trunk of the tree with His arm and shook it, and the two apples fell down.

He picked them both up and gave one to me. The other He held in His hand. In my hunger I ate the apple, and I ate it fast.

Then I looked at Him and I saw that He still held the other apple in His hand.

And He gave it to me saying, “Eat this also.” And I took the apple, and in my shameless hunger I ate it.

And as we walked on I looked upon His face.

But how shall I tell you of what I saw?

 

A night where candles burn in space,

A dream beyond our reaching;

A noon where all shepherds are at peace and happy that their flocks are grazing;

An eventide, and a stillness, and a home-coming;

Then a sleep and a dream.

All these things I saw in His face.

He had given me the two apples. And I knew He was hungry even as I was hungry.

But I now know that in giving them to me He had been satisfied. He Himself ate of other fruit from another tree.

I would tell you more of Him, but how shall I?

When love becomes vast love becomes wordless.

And when memory is overladen it seeks the silent deep.

Kahlil Gibran, John at Patmos

One Reply to “A dream beyond our reaching”

  1. Thanks for posting this fruit from another tree ! Reminds me of Adriana Koulias -check out her blog if you don’t know it – here is an extract.

    The Alchemy of true love
    Is:
    Allowing another
    To write their story in our hearts
    So that we can read it there
    Again,
    As if it were our own.

    The Alchemy of true Selflessness
    Is:
    To write the story in our hearts
    Inside the heart of the world
    So that we can read it there
    For the first time,
    As if it were not ours

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