Better a candle, covered…
Better a mirror in a lonesome room,
A beached whale –
A stillborn child
Better a sunless moon,
A bird with no wings
A dulcimer absent strings…
Better a ship in desert sands than
A poet in this, our world.
Better a candle, covered…
Better a mirror in a lonesome room,
A beached whale –
A stillborn child
Better a sunless moon,
A bird with no wings
A dulcimer absent strings…
Better a ship in desert sands than
A poet in this, our world.