The sun has wept rose in the shell of your ears,
The world has rolled white from your back,
Your thighs:
The sea has stained rust at the crimson of your breasts,
And Man had bled black at your sovereign side.
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Quotes of the Day
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
by Anthony HechtSo there stood Matthew Arnold and this girl
With the cliffs of England crumbling away behind them,
And he said to her, "Try to be true to me,
And I'll do the same for you, for things are bad