Sunday 25 December 2011

That this is the best time to dream

For, after the gospels,
After the human and divine comedies,
After the one thousand and one nights,
After crime and punishment,
War and peace, pride and prejudice,
The sound and the fury,
Between good and evil,
Being and nothingness,
After the tempest, the trial,
And the wasteland,
After things have fallen apart,
After the hundred years of solitude,
And the rememberance of things past,
In the kingdom of this world,
We can still astonish the gods in humanity
And be the stuff of legends,
If we but dare to be real,
And have the courage to see
That this is the best time to dream
The best dream of them all.

Ben Okri, last stanza 'Mental Fight'

With Christmas Love x

4 comments:

  1. I hope that you had a lovely Christmas. Best wishes for the new year :o)

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  2. A Bookish Space - Thank you. Christmas was lovely and wishing you all the best for 2012.

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  3. Have a happy new year. Look forward to your posts in 2012.

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  4. Vintage Reading - Thank you & wishing you a happy New Year of reading, blogging and living.

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