Comfort me from wherever you are–alone, we are quickly worn out; if I …

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Comfort me from wherever you are–alone, we are quickly worn out; if I place my head on the road, let it seem softened by you. Could it be that even from afar we offer each other a gentle breath? ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (1986). The Complete French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke
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Comfort me from wherever you are–alone, we are quickly worn out; if I place my head on the road, let it seem softened by you. Could it be that even from afar we offer each other a gentle breath? ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (1986). The Complete French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke

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