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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALIEN, by JESSIE E. WILLIAMS
First Line: I met my long - lost self today
Last Line: I could not woo it back again!
Subject(s): Self
First Line: I met my long - lost self today
Last Line: I could not woo it back again!
Subject(s): Self
I met my long-lost self today
Within a wood where blossoms cling
With languid grace to dogwood boughs --
Each petal like a white moth's wing!
I could have touched it with my hand,
So close it stood, lithe-limbed and free,
But when I would have clasped it close
It turned an alien gaze on me.
One frightened look into my eyes --
One timid, wondering look -- and then
Away it sped on wilding feet . . .
I could not woo it back again!
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