A Room of Security

"a window seat,
a strip of floor
which they pace up and down
In that way they have a certain security"
blanket of light over millions of
think, carpet kernels
windows not too big not to let in too much
of that world
in this world
colonial wainscoting
timid, tiny flowers or
timid, tiny berries or
perhaps just timid, tiny buttons, splotches, dots
in perfect,
repeating
patterns
this is my strip
you can pace up and down
in security.

The quote above is taken from "Letters to a Young Poet," Letter VIII, Rainer Maria Rilke, p. 38