As a man and woman make
a garden between them like
a bed of stars, here
they linger in the summer evening
and the evening turns
cold with their terror: it
could all end, it is capable
of devastation. All, all
can be lost, through scented air
the narrow columns
uselessly rising, and beyond,
a churning sea of poppies--
Hush, beloved. It doesn't matter to me
how many summers I live to return:
this one summer we have entered eternity.
I felt your two hands
bury me to release its splendor.
The White Lilies
Louise Gluck
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Poem topics: lost, sea, woman, eternity, narrow, cold, garden, return, live, capable, matter, release, summer, evening, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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