'Fire And Sleet And Candlelight' Poem by Elinor Morton Wylie

'Fire And Sleet And Candlelight'

Rating: 3.4


For this you've striven
Daring, to fail:
Your sky is riven
Like a tearing veil.

For this, you've wasted
Wings of your youth;
Divined, and tasted
Bitter springs of truth.

From sand unslakèd
Twisted strong cords,
And wandering naked
Among trysted swords.

There's a word unspoken,
A knot untied.
Whatever is broken
The earth may hide.

The road was jagged
Over sharp stones:
Your body's too ragged
To cover your bones.

The wind scatters
Tears upon dust;
Your soul's in tatters
Where the spears thrust.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
George Fitting 29 May 2006

Wow. That is an awesome poem.

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Elinor Morton Wylie

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Somerville, New Jersey
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