The great thing
is not having
a mind. Feelings:
oh, I have those; they
govern me. I have
a lord in heaven
called the sun, and open
for him, showing him
the fire of my own heart, fire
like his presence.
What could such glory be
if not a heart? Oh my brothers and sisters,
were you like me once, long ago,
before you were human? Did you
permit yourselves
to open once, who would never
open again? Because in truth
I am speaking now
the way you do. I speak
because I am shattered.
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Thank you. I’d never come across her poems before she won the Nobel Prize, and have been looking her up here and there since. This one I hadn’t seen. Enthralling ….
Thank you for your comment, Bea. The last line really startles me. I also posted “Snowdrops” in 2019. Here’s the link, if you haven’t seen that poem. Would love to know what you think! Leslie
https://ruminationville.com/2019/10/14/snowdrops-by-louise-gluck/