Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, INTERIM: 4, by BERNICE LESBIA KENYON


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INTERIM: 4, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I wish that thoughts of me could be like water
Last Line: As armoured steel for the defense of you.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gilkyson, Walter, Mrs.
Subject(s): Thought; Thinking


I WISH that thoughts of me could be like water
Running over blue shale below a meadow,
Clear and serene and remotely cold, among stones
Washed bright by its resistless, intricate passing.
So through the bitter places of your brain,
The hot and bewildered places, thoughts of me
Might bring the passionless coldness of brook-water,
The tranquil peace, unhurt by a blasting sun.
For you have said no other power will serve
To free you
Than the proud look of eyes that do not swerve,
But see you
Gloriously,—than the touch of hands that curve
Over your forehead, over your eyes, defying
Thoughts like thin barbed arrows, singing and flying
Around you. Always from the world without
You feel their sting, but these frail hands of mine
Can turn them aside, for they will not strike through
This little flesh and blood that is as stout
As armoured steel for the defense of you.





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