IF I were to answer you As you would, my soul would soar Like the lark from earth-born eyes, Soar and hide in far-off skies, Soar and come to mortal view Nevermore. Whatsoever chance befall, Of myself I'd die possest. If they hold a willing mind Silken threads like steel can bind. Only to be free is blest -- Free is all. Press me not, of earth am I; Paths there are I dare not tread. Sweet are fields and flowers, the smile Of girlhood; but a little while Blossoms youth, and overhead Laughs the sky. What have we to do with love, -- We for whom the seasons bring Nothing else than golden hours, Sun that burns, nor cloud that lowers, Thro' whose veins the tides of spring Lightly move? But if any pain should come To o'ercloud your summer, dear, Pain another's heart may share, Come and we our fate will dare, -- Come, forgetting doubt and fear, To your home. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FINALITY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON WHERE? by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE STORY OF THE ASHES AND THE FLAME by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON CLARK STREET BRIDGE by CARL SANDBURG NEW NEIGHBORHOOD by KAREN SWENSON |