Escape

Shadows, shadows, 
Hug me round, 
So that I shall not be found
By sorrow: 
She pursues me
Everywhere, 
I can't lose her
Anywhere. 

Fold me in your black 
Abyss, 
She will never look
In this,—
Shadows, shadows, 
Hug me round 
In your solitude 
Profound. 

Credit

This poem is in the public domain. 

About this Poem

"Escape" appeared in The New Negro: An Interpretation (Albert & Charles Boni, Inc., 1925).