Fire and Sleet and Candlelight by Elinor Wylie
For this you've striven Daring, to fail: Your sky is riven Like a tearing veil.
For this, you've wasted Wings of your youth; Divined, and tasted Bitter springs of truth.
From sand unslakèd Twisted strong cords, And wandering naked Among trysted swords.
There's a word unspoken, A knot untied. Whatever is broken The earth may hide.
The road was jagged Over sharp stones: Your body's too ragged To cover your bones.
The wind scatters Tears upon dust; Your soul's in tatters Where the spears thrust.
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