March 1, 2011

Ricardo Reis (Hetronym of Fernando Pessoa)

To be great, be whole: don’t exaggerate
Or leave out any part of you.
Be complete in each thing. Put all you are
Into the least of your acts.
So too in each lake, with its lofty life,
The whole moon shines.

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