Some things never leave a person:
scent of the hair of one you love,
the texture of persimmons,
in your palm, the ripe weight.

Li-Young Lee, from “Persimmons” (via ahuntersheart)
#Li-Young Lee  #poetry  #lit  #Persimmons  
Posted by proustitute
∞  October 28, 2011
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    I hope I get to smell the scent if her hair someday.
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