Wednesday 7 September 2022

I shall

The Crystal Gazer

I shall gather myself into myself again,
    I shall take my scattered selves and make them one,
Fusing them into a polished crystal ball
    Where I can see the moon and the flashing sun.

I shall sit like a sibyl, hour after hour intent,
    Watching the future come and the present go,
And the little shifting pictures of people rushing
    In restless self-importance to and fro. 

~ Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)


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