And just one more day to go in this January challenge. It has been an interesting and challenging one for sure as I struggle at times with Rilke‘s work and its religious aspects. Today’s poem is from New Poems, A Year with Rilke: Alone. 
Jan. 30, 2014
..Of my heart I will make a tower
and stand on its very edge,
where nothing else exists— Rilke, New Poems, A Year with Rilke
Even now, I shelter where
I’m safe, where fear has always
held me far from the unknown.
My knees weaken at the edge
of real or imagined precipice,
‘til I pull back and turn away.
Every decade missed chances
never returning. Only the wonder,
Is this the last time to take the forward step?
–CAS
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Carol: thanks so much for this exposure to Rilke. It has been a wonderful tour through his work. Our DC ModPo group, now called DC Poetica, will be discussing Rilke at our monthly meeting this Sunday. You have also inspired me to post some of Langston Hughes’ less anthologized poems throughout the month of February! Thanks!
You are most welcome, Ray! It’s been a bit of an adventure for me too! Good luck on your own journey with Langston Hughes!
As long as we breathe and have life, there is always time to take that next step, whatever it may be. Hmm, advice that I need to heed myself, methinks.