Saturday, January 18, 2014

Every Riven Thing by Christian Wiman

An amazingly awesome book.



EVERY RIVEN THING
By Christian Wiman

God goes, belonging to every riven thing he's made
sing his being simply by being
the thing it is:
stone and tree and sky,
man who sees and sings and wonders why


God goes. Belonging, to every riven thing he's made,
means a storm of peace.
Think of the atoms inside the stone.
Think of the man who sits alone
trying to will himself into a stillness where


God goes belonging. To every riven thing he's made
there is given one shade
shaped exactly to the thing itself:
under the tree a darker tree;
under the man the only man to see


God goes belonging to every riven thing. He's made
the things that bring him near,
made the mind that makes him go.
A part of what man knows,
apart from what man knows,


God goes belonging to every riven thing he's made.

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rive
rīv/
verb
past participle: riven
  1. 1.
    split or tear apart violently.
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