[A soft light rising above the level meadow,
behind the bed. He takes her in his arms.]
He wants to say I love you, nothing can hurt you

but he thinks
this is a lie, so he says in the end
you’re dead, nothing can hurt you
which seems to him
a more promising beginning, more true.

Louise Glück, from “A Myth of Devotion”
#poetry  #lit  #Louise Glück  #A Myth of Devotion  
Posted by growing-orbits
∞  January 14, 2012
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