On such a beautiful May morning.
I am the chosen no hand saves
--Louise Bogan
Of course I prayed--
and did God care?
He cared as much as if in the air
a bird had cried 'Give me,
and stamped her foot!
--Emily Dickinson
"Nothing would give up life:
Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath."
--Theodore Roethke
The best
is not to have been born.
--Anthony Hecht
And when life's sweet fable ends,
Soul and body part like friends;
No quarrels, murmurs, no delay;
A kiss, a sigh, and so away.
--Richard Crashaw
Good-bye, F, good-bye!
It hurts so much to say it,
but good-bye, good-bye,
good-bye!
