Beating a smooth course for the right window

And clearing the sill of the world.

It is always a matter, my darling,

Of life or death, as I had forgotten.

I wish what I wished you before,

but harder.



-The Writer. Richard Wilbur

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Blue And Red

They churn,
the waves and me,
I could not give him sympathy
so I gave it to the sea.
When he could not sleep
he circled the earth and
Found me in a room
where the stars draw circles in my eyes
In blues and in reds
And the sky can no longer hold them.
They fall graciously into the sea.
I could not give back what he took,
So I'll walk the heaving plank.

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