I have come the selfsame path
To the selfsame door,
Years have left the roses there
Burning as before
While I watch them in the wind
Quick the hot tears start-
Strange so frail a flame outlasts
Fire in the heart.
by Theodore EnslinI had not thought to be afraid
the fragments of the day seemed normal
not to be avoided so I walked on
a sudden burst wing or footfall
changed what I felt by feather or hoof
anxious at first giving way ...