Love explained all for me,
all was resolved by love,
to this love I adore
wherever it may be.
I am open space for a placid tide
where no wave roars, clutching at rainbow branches.
Now a soothing wave uncovers light in the deep
and breathes light onto unsilvered leaves.
In such silence I hide,
a leaf released from the wind,
no longer anxious for the days that fall.
They must all fall, I know.
Karol Wojtyla (1920 - 2005), Poland
Later to become Pope John Paul II
Translated by Jerzy Peterkiewicz
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