New Lovers
Lying like dappled shadows at dusk
New lovers talk
After a long time—oh beautiful, oh silver, oh mercurial time!--
Our stories can be excellent in the telling
And I am thinking of another night
Of he who spoke so softly the truth
“Whether you like it or not
It would be better to listen to the wind, to the sea,
And not to those who talk too much to you.”
Still we go on gathering up and letting go
New Lover's talk
From just beneath the surface of familiar things
Our words, our illusions, return
Sometimes I awaken at midnight to you
And to you in silence my memories return.
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