Rainer Maria Rilke - You, Neighbouring God, If I Sometimes...

[highlyeccentric]

You, neighboring God, if I sometimes
disturb you in long nights with hard knocking,
it is because I so rarely hear you breathe
and know: You are alone in your room.
And should you need anything, there is no one there
to offer you you the drink you reach for:
I listen always. Give me the slightest sign.
I'm very near.

There's only a thin wall between us
by chance; and it may be:
a call from your mouth or mine,
and it will collapse
without noise or sound.

Out of your images is the wall built.

And your images stand before you like names.
And when the light in me flares up,
by which my depths recognize you,
it is scattered in brilliance over your frame.

And my senses, which quickly wane,
are homeless and separated from you.