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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FREEDOM, by BARBARA BROOKE RAWLINS
First Line: From you I have been independent, free
Last Line: Which none but time or you can ever free.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of
First Line: From you I have been independent, free
Last Line: Which none but time or you can ever free.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of
From you I have been independent, free
For months, the winter made its casual end,
And June, so hot, has made me apprehend
The fall, which I cannot but now foresee
In its gay, ancient way come blazoned down
Like a last thrust of warmth upon the toes,
While wind comes roaring like a yellow hound
Shaking the petals from the frightened rose.
Then is the time to test this freedom out,
To know my wisdom or my fearful lack,
To take my careful way across the snows
Assured there is no sudden turning back
To quench the deep thirst you have left in me,
Which none but time or you can ever free.
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