3.29.2012

at lunch parties before the war

"There has fallen a splendid tear
From the passion-flower at the gate.
She is coming, my dove, my dear;
She is coming, my life, my fate;
The red rose cries, "She is near, she is near";
And the white rose weeps, "She is late";
The larkspur listens, "I hear, I hear";
And the lily whispers, "I wait."

"My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a water'd shoot;
My heart is like an apple tree
Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halsyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me."

-Virginia Woolf
"A Room of One's Own"

1 comment:

Kara said...

love this and you!