So has the wind, I say.
But I don't know,
I only feel things blow.
I had two sisters once
with long black hair
who walked apart from me
and wrote the history of tears.
Their story's faded with their names,
but the candlelight they carried,
like dancers in a dream,
still flickers on their gowns
as they bend over me
to comfort my night-fears.
Let nothing grieve you,
Sarah and Sophia.
Shush, shush my dears,
now and forever.
Source: The Collected Poems
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