Heartbreaking Mr. Rilke

Yes, it's no other than the mystical Rainer Maria Rilke quoted in the picture above.

If there is one poet and a writer that I can better relate to (of course I didn't say that my writings relate with his), it is Mr. Rilke. It is just so heartbreakingly wonderful how he beautifully create his words and piece them together in such a lyrical way that I couldn't get enough of them. They're like music to the ears, and allowing your heart to listen. His divine sentences full of visuals never fail to tug into my soul with ferocity so intense I couldn't help but look within. It's as if his syntax is equilibrium itself that speaks intimately to my being, engulfing me with both fullness and longing, order and chaos.

And man, yes, his prose! His delicious and magical prose that in its simplicity and clarity captivates the world and beyond.Words like his testify to the power of the written language in containing the universe in just few sentences. Well, I like Mr. Rilke not only for those reasons, but I like him so much more because of his romanticist notion of finding yourself in a journey within the deep avenues of the human spirit. I like him because he makes solitude and writing a grand opportunity to reunite with everything that is meaningful in this life.

He said thus: "Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write."

These past few month have been really significant for me in my personal search for the things that matter most. The search isn't over yet, but the road to it is narrowing down and I believe that I'm heading towards the right direction. It is up to me to continue or to take the detour again. But I know better now.

And as Mr. Rilke said, it's now time to act with beauty and courage.