object:1.whitman - Out From Behind His Mask
author class:Walt Whitman
subject class:Poetry
book class:Whitman - Poems
class:chapter
OUT from behind this bending, rough-cut Mask,
(All straighter, liker Masks rejectedthis preferr'd,)
This common curtain of the face, contain'd in me for me, in you for
you, in each for each,
(Tragedies, sorrows, laughter, tearsO heaven!
The passionate, teeming plays this curtain hid!)
This glaze of God's serenest, purest sky,
This film of Satan's seething pit,
This heart's geography's mapthis limitless small continentthis
soundless sea;
Out from the convolutions of this globe,
This subtler astronomic orb than sun or moonthan Jupiter, Venus,
Mars;
This condensation of the Universe(nay, here the only Universe,
Here the IDEAall in this mystic handful wrapt
These burin'd eyes, flashing to you, to pass to future time,
To launch and spin through space revolving, sidelingfrom these to
emanate,
To You, whoe'er you area Look.
A Traveler of thoughts and yearsof peace and war,
Of youth long sped, and middle age declining,
(As the first volume of a tale perused and laid away, and this the
second,
Songs, ventures, speculations, presently to close,)
Lingering a moment, here and now, to You I opposite turn,
As on the road, or at some crevice door, by chance, or open'd window,
Pausing, inclining, baring my head, You specially I greet,
To draw and clench your Soul, for once, inseparably with mine,
Then travel, travel on.
questions, comments, suggestions/feedback, take-down requests, contribute, etc
contact me @ integralyogin@gmail.com or via the comments below
or join the integral discord server (chatrooms)
if the page you visited was empty, it may be noted and I will try to fill it out. cheers