This is what I most want
unpursued, alone
to reach beyond the light
that I am furthest from.
And for you to shine there-
no other happiness-
and learn, from starlight,
what its fire might suggest.
A star burns as a star,
light becomes light,
because our murmuring
strengthens us, and warms the night.
And I want to say to you
my little one, whispering,
I can only lift you towards the light
by means of this babbling.
This
Osip Emilevich Mandelstam
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Poem topics: alone, fire, happiness, night, reach, shine, star, light, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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