Call of the sea

And a man said,

'Speak to us of Self-Knowledge'.

And he answered, saying:

'Your hearts know in silence

the secrets of the days and the nights.

But your ears thirst for the sound
of your heart’s knowledge.

You would know in words
what which you have always known in thought.

You would touch with your fingers

the naked body of your dreams.

And it is well you should.

The hidden well-spring of your soul must rise

and run murmuring to the sea;

And the treasure of your infinite depths

would be revealed to your eyes.

But let there be no scales

to weigh your unknown treasure;

And seek not the depths of your knowledge

with staff or sounding line.

For Self is a sea boundless and measureless.

Khalil Gibran