Terry, I no longer remember whose LJ I found you through. I owe them thanks, though.
What strikes me about this is to the speaker his love, and the beloved, are part of his own spirit now, and no more to be lost or excised than his own soul. If he never sees the beloved again doesn't matter; if the beloved no longer walked the green earth (though they do) wouldn't matter. The desire could be recalled and reawakened, but it is the love that has become an element of himself.
And if you don't read the Hebrew, my name is Alisa, and my nickname really is "Kestrel".
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Date: 2009-05-04 06:06 pm (UTC)What strikes me about this is to the speaker his love, and the beloved, are part of his own spirit now, and no more to be lost or excised than his own soul. If he never sees the beloved again doesn't matter; if the beloved no longer walked the green earth (though they do) wouldn't matter. The desire could be recalled and reawakened, but it is the love that has become an element of himself.
And if you don't read the Hebrew, my name is Alisa, and my nickname really is "Kestrel".