For a friend, deciding not to divorce
The need of some imperishable bliss."
Wallace Stevens, "Sunday Morning"
I sense her change, both in what she says
And doesn't say, growing more comfortable
With her life, more wedded to what she has,
To the unspoken but necessary promises
Of all that it yet could become for her.
Perhaps not what she may have dreamed,
But much more than she might ever have.
And it's not resignation, but a realization
That she is loved and desired, if not perfectly.
Still, sometimes those quiet, yearning nights
Longing for a moment of imperishable bliss.
Poetry by countryfog
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Written on 2011-02-16 at 17:54
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Still . . .
"But in contentment I still feelThe need of some imperishable bliss."
Wallace Stevens, "Sunday Morning"
I sense her change, both in what she says
And doesn't say, growing more comfortable
With her life, more wedded to what she has,
To the unspoken but necessary promises
Of all that it yet could become for her.
Perhaps not what she may have dreamed,
But much more than she might ever have.
And it's not resignation, but a realization
That she is loved and desired, if not perfectly.
Still, sometimes those quiet, yearning nights
Longing for a moment of imperishable bliss.
Poetry by countryfog
Read 438 times
Written on 2011-02-16 at 17:54
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