Johannas

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 trough.
But east and west will pinch the heart
it cannot keep them pushed apart;
And he whose soul is flat - the sky
will cave in on him by and by..

Edna St. Vincent Millay