love one another

love one another
but make not a bond of love
let it rather be a moving sea between
the shores of your souls

fill each other's cup
but drink not from one cup
give one another of your bread
but eat not from some loaf

sing and dance together and be joyous
but let each one of be you alone
even as the strings of a lute are alone
though they quiver with the same music

give your hearts
but not into each other's keeping
for only the hand of life
can contain tour heart

and stand together yet not too near together
for the pillars of the temple stand apart
and the oak tree and the cypress grow not in
each other's shadow