Defeat
Kahlil Gibran
1883 to 1931
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In your eyes I have read
And the joy of being shunned and scorned.
And we shall be dangerous.
Defeat, my Defeat, my self-knowledge and my defiance,
Defeat, my Defeat, my bold companion,
And we shall stand in the sun with a will,
And in you I have found aloneness
And of mountains that burn in the night,
And urging of seas,
That to be enthroned is to be enslaved,
You shall hear my songs and my cries and my silences,
And to be grasped is but to reach one's fullness
And none but you shall speak to me of the beating of wings,
And sweeter to my heart than all world-glory.
And not to be trapped by withering laurels.
And you alone shall climb my steep and rocky soul.
Through you I know that I am yet young and swift of foot
You and I shall laugh together with the storm,
Defeat, my Defeat, my deathless courage,
Defeat, my Defeat, my shining sword and shield,
And like a ripe fruit to fall and be consumed.
Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness;
And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us,
And to be understood is to be leveled down,
You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs,