08.19.2004
A Poem Shared
This was one of my favorite poems in high school. Still fucking good.
When I go away from you
The world beats dead
Like a slackened drum.
I call out for you against the jutted stars
And shout into the ridges of the wind.
Streets coming fast,
One after the other,
Wedge you away from me,
And the lamps of the city prick my eyes
So that I can no longer see your face.
Why should I leave you,
To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night?
-Amy Lowell, "Taxi"
I don't know why I thought of that just now, but then I had to look it up online to re-read it. Good stuff. Sigh.
alannablue at 2:04 p.m.