In Kahlil Gibran\u2019s The Prophet (1923), his Poem Let there be spaces in your togetherness<\/em>\u2026 It advises lovers to be together but not enmeshed, allowing for personal growth, much like pillars hold up a temple yet stand apart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The poem goes like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then Almitra spoke and said, And what of Marriage, master? And he answered saying: You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Fill each other\u2019s cup but drink not from one cup. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of your be alone, Give your hearts, but not into each other\u2019s keeping. And stand together yet not too near together: And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other\u2019s shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kahlil Gibran\u2019s The Prophet (1923)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marriage – Unity In Kahlil Gibran\u2019s The Prophet (1923), his Poem Let there be spaces in your togetherness\u2026He urges that healthy love requires individual space,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_customify_content_layout":"","_customify_sidebar":"","_customify_page_header_display":"","_customify_disable_header":"","_customify_disable_header_top":"","_customify_disable_header_main":"","_customify_disable_header_bottom":"","_customify_disable_page_title":"","_customify_disable_content_vertical_padding":"","_customify_disable_footer_top":"","_customify_disable_footer_main":"","_customify_disable_footer_bottom":"","_customify_breadcrumb_display":"","_customify_header_transparent_display":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rizeldelano.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rizeldelano.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rizeldelano.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rizeldelano.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rizeldelano.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rizeldelano.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2593,"href":"https:\/\/rizeldelano.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions\/2593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rizeldelano.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rizeldelano.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rizeldelano.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
He urges that healthy love requires individual space, independence, and breathing room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
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And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
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Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
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Even as the strings of the lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
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For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
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