Halfway to Silence
“Halfway to Silence: Poems First AutumnWhat do the trees in the window have to tellThe lovers wrapped in their strange grief,The lovers wrapped in their strange delight?What do they hear in the rain, caught in its spell?What do they see in the turning of a leaf?What more to be told before the coming of night?These two who are far apart and yet so near,These two together and so much aloneLike stars set somewhere out in darkest space—The trees may say they have nothing to fear.The rain may tell of... wearing down a stone,But the moody lovers tremble before a face.The trees in the window are turning toward sleep,Their light a changing light at the year’s turning,And the rain repeats its lonely plaintive phrase.How can these fragile lovers hope to keepA crimson leaf from falling, or this burningMaintain forever some hint of their great days?MoreLess
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