Tuesday, May 12, 2009

hilda doolittle excerpt from eurydice

at least i have the flowers of myself,
and my thoughts, no god
can take that;
i have the fervour of myself for a presence
and my own spirit for light;

and my spirit with its loss
knows this;
though small against the black,
small against the formless rocks,
hell must break before i am lost;

before i am lost,
hell must open like a red rose
for the dead to pass.

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