All that I love
I fold over once
And once again
And keep in a box
Or a slit in a hollow post
Or in my shoe.All that I love?
Why, yes, but for the moment-
And for all time, both.
Something that folds and keeps easy,
Son’s note or Dad’s one gaudy tie,
A roto picture of a queen,
A blue Indian shawl, even
A money bill.It’s utter sublimation,
A feat, this heart’s control
Moment to moment
To scale all love down
To a cupped hand’s sizeTill seashells are broken pieces
From God’s own bright teeth,
And life and love are real
Things you can run and
Breathless hand over
To the merest child.
Bonsai, Edith Tiempo.
Today is the 95th birth anniversary of Edith L. Tiempo, National Artist for Literature.
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