Burning with heat and cold
In April’s tender weather
I let my tense hands hold
All they could gather of love.
Desire shaking the branch
Of every quivering tree,
Love, like an avalanche,
Destroy8ing me.
Now brightly in the air,
Love’s vivid signature
Is more than I can bear,
I bind my flowing hair.
Let other lovers lie
Under that great tree
Of rich incredible fruit
And make their suit:
O turn their burning look
Upon that vast and deep
Starry-lettered book
Whose lovely meanings leap
In generative lore
A moment and no more.
(Marya Zaturenska)
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