I want to unfold. I don’t want to stay folded anywhere, because where …

Rainer Maria Rilke
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I want to unfold. I don’t want to stay folded anywhere, because where I am folded, there I am a lie. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (1981). Selected Poems
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