The world stands out on either side

No wider than the heart is wide;

Above the world is stretched the sky, —

No higher than the soul is high.

The heart can push the sea and land

Farther away on either hand;

The soul can split the sky in two,

And let the face of God shine through.

But East and West will pinch the heart

That cannot keep them pushed apart;

And he whose soul is flat — the sky

Will cave in on him by and by.

~from Renascence by Edna St. Vincent Millay~

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Lake Murray Sunset

Photographed by Jennifer Weber on September 26, 2011

Columbia, South Carolina