11/14/2015

From Trial of A Judge By Stephen Spender

Beloved sons,
You start on that difficult journey
Away from light and towards the light
Where the black, plumed cypress burns invisibly.
You are forgotten and remembered
When Spring the tiger
Breaks the bones with clawing roots
And the worm of oblivion your flesh eats.
But between the cypresses
The roads lead to my heart,
You are born again in the womb...

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