At the Last
This poem is in the public domain.
This poem is in the public domain.
You would not think that, lost so young
Here in this outer land,
I still should feel my spirit wrung
And still not understand . . .
The reach of peace, the sky, the pines,
Leave me no more perplexed,
In which a memory divines
That bodies, buried, yet arise
Across the reach of all the skies,
What and where am I and who?
I can never tell. Can you?
Can a sunset after rain
Or a moonlit wave explain,
Can a willow tell you why
Or a star? No more can I.