What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (Sonnet XLIII)

What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,



I have forgotten, and what arms have lain



Under my head till morning; but the rain



Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh



Upon the glass and listen for reply,



And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain



For unremembered lads that not again



Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.



Thus in winter stands the lonely tree,



Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,



Yet knows its boughs more silent than before:



I cannot say what loves have come and gone,



I only know that summer sang in me



A little while, that in me sings no more.

by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Comments

Craftsman of light said…

This sonnet is so touching!...touches exactly where it should.
thanks for posting it.

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