huddled in a thick cloak,
she should have known
he was alive,
they way he shivered
beneath its useless folds.
But what she saw
was the usual: a stranger
confused in a new world.
And when she touched him
on the shoulder,
it was nothing
personal, a kindness
he misunderstood.
To guide someone
through the halls of hell
is not the same as love.'
- Gregory Orr
Orpheus & Eurydice: A Lyric Sequence
via Another Commonplace Book
on the shoulder,
it was nothing
personal, a kindness
he misunderstood.
To guide someone
through the halls of hell
is not the same as love.'
- Gregory Orr
Orpheus & Eurydice: A Lyric Sequence
via Another Commonplace Book
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