"Mourir de ne pas mourir" (“Dying Of Not Dying”) by Paul Éluard:
Because I love you, everything moves
We must advance to live
Aim straight ahead toward those you loveI went toward you, endlessly toward the light
If you smile, it enfolds me all the better
Continued here. Xeni Jardin on why she loves the above passage:
They express for me, better than my own words can, what it means to submit to the vulnerability that love requires. They capture what it means to accept that control and order are illusion, never mind what technology promises; chaos and chance are the magic in intimacy.
(Image by Neil Craver from the Underwater Nude rock quarry series)
The Dish 