ELEGY
SINCE I lost you, my darling, the sky has come near, And I am of it, the small sharp stars are quite near, The white moon going among them like a white bird among snow-berries, And the sound of her gently rustling in heaven like a bird I hear.
And I am willing to come to you now,
my dear,
As a pigeon
lets itself off from a cathedral dome
To be lost in the haze of the sky, I would like
to
come,
And be lost out of sight with you, and be gone
like
foam.
For I am tired, my dear, and if I
could lift my feet,
My tenacious feet from off the dome of the earth
To fall like a breath within
the breathing wind
Where you are lost, what rest, my love, what
rest!