Gibran out of "sand and foam"

…I am forever walking upon these shores,Betwixt the sand and the foam,The high tide will erase my foot-prints,And the wind will blow away the foam.But the sea and the shore will remainForever. I am afraid for my seas and shore….!

some extracts from ”SAND and FOAM” by ”Khalil Gibran”

”They say the nightangale pierces his bosom with a thorn, when he sings his lovesong. So do we all. How else could we sing?” And again ”A madman is not less a musician than you or myself ; only the instrument on which he plays is a little out of tune.” Another………, ”In the autumn [...]