L'instant De Notre Separation.(Translation) . Poem by Michael Walker

This is a sombre love poem about parting with her lover, separating.
She had lost belief in him when they parted: she lived in lim



bo a whole summer, wondering if their love would survive his flight home. She concludes that she is better off now that they have parted, although she will keep the memory of it always.
I am taken by the repetition of 'I said' at the start of each stanza (quatrain) . The image of 'I lived in limbo' is striking and exact. A compelling poem of lost love.