Perhaps it's no more than the fire's reflection
on some piece of gleaming furniture
that the child remembers so much later
like a revelation.
And if in his later life, one day
wounds him like so many others,
it's because he mistook some risk
or other for a promise.
Let's not forget the music, either,
that soon had hauled him
toward absence complicated
by an overflowing heart....
Translated by A. Poulin
Fire's Reflection
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Poem topics: child, fire, heart, life, music, reflection, forget, furniture, revelation, promise, absence, Valentine's Day, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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